43 applications from 23 Hanseatic cities were received for the competition. In the exhibition, the main event of the project, 30 artists from Estonia, Russia, Latvia, the UK, the Netherlands, Poland, Germany and Sweden representing 20 Hanseatic cities will take part. Conceptually, the exhibition features two parts: at Riga Art Space exhibition hall you will be able to see works that can be described as New Media — 3D, multimedia installations and art works or objects that embody artistic expression and feature technical solutions that go far beyond traditional art.
Riga St. Peter’s Church,in turn, will host the second part of the exhibition: paintings and graphics created with traditional techniques and approaches. The list of participants includes such prominent artists as Al Paldrok and Taje Paldrok from Estonia, Agnieszka Lakoma from Poland, and Oleg Vasilyev from Russia. Latvia will be represented by Annemarija Gulbe, Ilze Vanaga, Ieva Vītola-Lindkvista, Ole Lindkvists from Kuldīga, Elīna Māliņa from Koknese and Ilze Laizāne from Riga. The scenography and central installations exhibited at the Riga Art Space exhibition hall were designed by painter and scenographer Kristians Brekte, as well as the US-based internationally renown installation artist and scenographer Artūrs Virtmanis. The exhibition engages in an indirect dialogue between historic and current Hanseatic values to highlight the shared and most valuable items that we can offer instead of gold in the modern era.
