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Cloth & Culture NOW
the artists - Lija Rage, Latvia
No doubt I am influenced by the place
and culture I live in. Any influence does not show itself straight.
I am equally influenced by the silver roughness of fisherman
boats, or all the grey and brown-purple shades play of colors
of the old city ancient brick up „Arts” as well as by Professional Arts – painting,
sculpture, theatre. Long – term theatre work has contributed
to my sense of space around textile object just the same theatre
stage comes to life by light; my works also come to life by light – copper,
silk and wood play of shades by light helps to create an image.
I am influenced by different cultures. I plunge into them with
the help of literature. I am particularly interested in ancient
cultured- drawings on caves walls in different parts of world,
eastern culture with its mysterious magic, runes drawings in Scandinavia,
Tibet sand Mandela, Egyptian pyramid drawings.
The world culture seems close and colorful
to me due to its diversity.
I believe that modern world culture cannot be closed. Each of
us grows up from the culture we live in, through centuries, which
further on is subjected to other impacts and becomes interwoven
with the world culture influences.
The Latvian textile art is diverse. Great
part of it is within „applied
arts” limits. It is preserved within pseudo ethnographic
framework and 70 years long textile arts traditions which seem
to old-fashioned at present.
Textile and fiber art are modern arts type for me wherein fiber is
made use of. It is the type of arts bordering with four fine arts
types of the same high requirements and tasks. I believe in its development
in modern world.
LATVIA
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