Catalogue of Sculpture Quadrennial Riga 2004 European Space

SCULPTURE QUADRENNIAL RIGA 2004 EUROPEAN SPACE

The 2004 Sculpture Quadrennial – European Space focus was on geopolitical spatial changes in Europe, choosing as points of departure two of the most important political acts in post-war European history – the Schumann Declaration, which was signed May 9, 1950 (now celebrated as European Day), and May 1, 2004, when the first Eastern European countries will join the European Union.

Thus, the exhibition represented sculptural works that are important in a 1950s context in addition to contemporary art that has been created over the past four years. This may also be viewed as a kind of study that provided an opportunity to see whether there are correlative differences in 1950’s art (sculpture) that was created on opposite sides of the iron curtain, e.g. in Poland and Portugal.  We were also be able to see whether art in 2004 has become just as homogeneous as the common politico-economic union.

Curators:

Aigars Bikse, Kristaps Gulbis

Events:

Contemporary sculpture exhibition

EUROPEAN SPACE
4 June – 25 July, 2004
State Art Museum Arsenals
Latvian Railway History Museum
Public spaces in Riga city centre

Posters of artworks of year 1950

4 June – 25 July, 2004

Public spaces in Riga city centre

 

International conference

COLONIZING SPACE

5, 6 June 2004

International seminars
DIVERGENT REALITIES I II III IV V

26 March, 2004 Vilnius, Lithuania;
24 April, 2004 Helsinki, Finland;
25 April 2004Tallinn, Estonia;
10 May, 2004 London, UK;
24 May, 2004 Stockholm, Sweden

 

International sculpture workshop

N SPACE

June 3, 2004 Art Academy of Latvia

http://www.sculpturequadrennial.lv/forum/forum.php

Forum and web radio

DIVERGENT REALITIES

Covering topics from the conference and seminars

 

RE:BALTIC

Nishi Masaaki solo exhibition
Winner of the International Sculpture Quadrennial Riga 2000
2 – 26 June, 2004 The Latvian Artists Union gallery

 

Participating artists from 25 countries:

Magdalena Abakanowicz, Poland

Leonor Antunes, Portugal

Richard Fauguet, France

Gints Gabrans, Latvia

Jon Gundersen, Norway

Charlotte Gyllenhammar, Sweden

Róza El-Hassan, Hungary

Helgi Hjaltalin, Iceland

Hans van Houwelingen, The Netherlands

Marek Kijewski / Kocur, Poland

Rudolf Kocsis, Romania

Franticek Klossner, Switzerland

Axel Lieber, Germany

Little Warsaw (Bálint Havas and András Gálik), Hungary

DeAnna Maganias, Greece

Niamh O’Malley, Ireland

Giuseppe Maraniello, Italy

Petras Mazuras, Lithuania

Maria Miesenberger, Sweden

Mindaugas Navakas, Lithuania

Dalibor Nikolič, Bosnia–Herzegovina

Carlos Nogueira, Portugal

Juri Ojaver, Estonia

OLO (Pasi Karjula and Marko Vuokola), Finland

Glebs Pantelejevs, Latvia

José Álvaro Perdices, Spain

El Perro (Ramón Mateos, Iván López, Pablo España), Spain

Nadine Rennert, Germany

Paul Rodgers and Anne Daniela, Estonia

Erik Samakh, France

Tulay Schakir, Finland

Dan Shipsides, Ireland

Frantisek Skala, The Czech Republic

Mustafa Skopljak, Bosnia–Herzegovina

Nika Spalinger / Jean–Damien Fleury, Switzerland

S&P Stanikas, Lithuania

Nunzio di Stefano, Italy

Superflex, Denmark

Hanne Tyrmi, Norway

Ekke Vali, Estonia

Solveiga Vasiljeva, Latvia

Vlasta Zanic, Croatia

Gorki Zuvela, Croatia

XYZ (Matej Gavula, Milan Titel), Slovakia

Organisers:

The Centre for Art Management and Information
The Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Latvia
Quadrennial supports:

Culture2000, The Culture Capital Foundation of Latvia (CCF), Riga City Council Culture Department, Art Academy of Latvia, Air Baltic, Studija, Maksla Plus.