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Exhibition Review - Jānis Avotiņš:'Since the Foundation' Ibid. London till 6th Feb 2016.

 

 

Jānis textures new spaces to think about a shared past. - Drenched Co.

 

 

Comment: "Janis paints with the softest of touches, almost as if he is painting primarily to tease out the bumps and irregularities in his canvases, to individually mark them out, one highlighted bump at a time. And with every circled flaw, Janis textures the collective moments that are remembered as the soviet era. One of the remarkable things about collective memory is that is has texture and that it relies on the materiality of trace. For me, Janis' paintings show memories of a bygone era that have been encoded in postures, clothes and bodily practice brought to primacy by their texture. Loved it! " - JayZee

 

 

See ibidgallery.com/2015/12/11/janis-avotins-since-the-founda...

See also www.woundsthatbind.com/2016/01/exhibition-review-janis-av...

See also www.soaked.space/2016/01/exhibition-review-janis-avotinss...

 

 

Caption: Image above: Installation view Jānis Avotiņš© Ibid. London 2016

Image courtesy of the artist and Ibid. London.

We take great care not to harm the image in any way. And these views, they are ours only and not those of the gallery or artist.

 

 

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