“THE GARDENER. WORK AND ITS FRUITS. EACH OF US IS A GARDENER WHO TENDS TO THEIR FLOWER, GROWS THEIR APPLE TREE, TAKES CARE OF THEIR CITY, THEIR COUNTRY. WE GROW OUR OWN MAGICAL FLOWER. WE TEND TO OUR SOUL. EACH OF US WORKS TIRELESSLY, BEARS RESPONSIBILITY AND RECEIVES THE FRUIT. EACH OF US IS BOTH A GARDENER AND A SEEDLING…” AIJA ZARINA

“…HE AND SHE BOTH OF THEM GARDENERS AN ENDLESS CIRCLE THE SPIRAL THAT MOVES US UPWARD… DOES IT REALLY?

EVERY IMAGE IS AN ICON. EVERY EXPANSE OF COLOUR IS A POWERFUL ARGUMENT. SCALE OF VALUES THROUGH THE POWER OF SYMBOL. NOTHING IS SECONDARY, EVERYTHING IS IMPORTANT AND SINGULAR. AIR, EARTH, WATER, FIRE… LOVE, JOY, KNOWLEDGE…

THE ARCHETYPES OF PAINTER AIJA ZARINA’S SUBCONSCIOUS, VISUALLY SENSUAL AND PRECISE, TIMELESSLY GAZE AT US FROM THE FLAT SURFACES OF HER CANVASES. THE PAINTINGS OF THE EXHIBITION HAVE CREATED A SPECIAL SPACE IN TIME, WHICH BREATHES FOR YOU AND ME… FOR OUR JOY AND HAPPINESS. ITS SOURCE IS SENSUALLY ABSTRACT LIGHT AND STRENGTH AS THE ARTISTIC ESSENCE AND MEANING OF THE ARTIST’S TALENT.

THE EXHIBITED WORKS POSSESS A MEDITATIVE QUALITY; THEIR TRUE VALUE IS IN THE TIMELESS INFORMATIONAL FIELDS THEY CREATE.

THE CREATION OF THE MEANING OF THE ARCHETYPICAL IMAGES IS AIDED BY STRONG GRAPHIC FORM AND THE LINE OF THE DRAWING, COMPLEMENTED WITH A PRECISE, EMOTIONALLY SUBTLE COLOUR PALETTE. THE MATERIAL SUBSTANCE OF OIL PAINTS IS TURNED INTO A LIGHT AND THIN TEXTURE, WHICH ALLOWS THE WORKS OF ART TO BREATHE, TO BE WEIGHTLESS AND PROJECT THEIR POWERFUL ARTISTIC CHARM INTO THE EXHIBITION SPACE.

NOTHING IS SUPERFLUOUS, NEITHER BRUSHSTROKES NOR LINES – THERE IS JUST A VERY DIRECT AND EXACT REALISATION OF THE IDEA, CREATING A SPIRITUALLY AND MENTALLY SATURATED BRAND OF ART. THE BRAND OF AIJA ZARINA IN LATVIAN ART.

IT MELDS BEAUTIFULLY WITH THE MEDITATIVE MUSICAL INTONATIONS OF THE SCALE OF HIGHER SPIRITUAL VALUES, MEETING AT THE SUMMIT OF THE STATES OF OUR EXISTENCE…

SUCH IS THE PART OF THE WORLD OF AIJA ZARINA’S ART THAT SHE GIVES TO US.”

TEXT: ILZE KUIŠELE, DIRECTOR OF TIFANA ART GALLERY