THE BREZHNEV ERA. ART IN THE SLEEPING STATE, THAT HAS ONLY JUST ENDURED KHRUSHCHEV’S ACCIDENTALLY INITIATED STRUGGLE AGAINST ABSTRACT ART AND FORMALISM, BEGINS TO DEVELOP IN THE DIRECTION OF BOTH AESTHETIC SELF-VALUE AND SALONISM, AS WELL AS of PROVOCATIVE DECLARATION. IN LATVIA, THANKS TO RELATIVE LIBERALISM AND POSSIBILITIES AFFORDED BY THE ART DAYS FESTIVAL, THERE IS FRUITFUL INTERACTION BETWEEN THE TWO DIRECTIONS, ONE BALANCING THE OTHER. THIS IS WHY NO UNDERGROUND ART OF ANY NOTE APPEARS.
THE NEW POSSIBILITIES OF THE MESSAGE OF REALISM
Bruno Vasiļevskis
My passport
1979. Oil on canvas. 33×46
Miervaldis Polis
Self-portrait
1976. Tempera on cardboard. 41×33
Līga Purmale
The door
1978. Oil on cardboard. 91.5×59.7
Juris Baklāns
Roofs
1983. Oil on canvas. 47×82
Baņuta Ancāne
Portrait of Jānis Pauļuks
1978. Paper, lithograph. 60×40
Līvija Endzelīna
Money
1983. Oil on canvas. 71×67
Daina Riņķe
The street is washed in the morning
1984. Oil on cardboard. 100×130
SURREALISM REVISITED
Māris Ārgalis
Accident
I. , 1977. Lithograph. 48×42
Māris Ārgalis
Grotesque subject
1976. Pencil on paper. 33×55
Maija Tabaka
Incident
1975. Oil on canvas. 190×200
Juris Dimiters
My wife the liar
Study for a set. 1975. Oil on cardboard. 70×84
Maija Dragūne
A possible civilisation
1975. Paper, lithograph. 64×57
Ilmārs Blumbergs
Dance
1976. Paper, lithograph. 75×54
THE ORIGINS OF CONCEPTUALISM
Ojārs Ābols
From the series “Processes on earth”
1978. Oil on canvas. 100×100
Ojārs Ābols
From the series “Processes on earth”
1978. Oil on canvas. 100×100
Ilmārs Blumbergs
Model. Andrejs Upīts “Joan of Arc”
1972. Wood, cardboard. 30x54x54
Ilmārs Blumbergs
Mets. H.Ibsens “Brands”
1975, k., temp., 70×80
Ilmārs Blumbergs
Sketch. Māra Zālīte “Māra`s room is full”
1982. Pastel on cardboard. 60×30
Pāvils Šēnhofs
Sketch. A.Cepītis & Valdis Grēviņš production of “Schweik”
1973. Mixed media. 41×68
