From October 31 to January 31, Annas Maskava’s exhibition Ancestral Body / Senču Ķermenis will be on view at the ISSP Gallery in Riga. The artist explores aspects of vulnerability, fragility, and the inheritance of memory through women’s experiences. The opening of the exhibition will take place on October 31 at 18:00 and feature a visceral ritual performance referencing feminist aesthetics.
Anna Maskava’s hybrid, synthesised, and transdisciplinary art forms blur the boundaries between nature and technology, two-dimensional images and processes, and the human and non-human worlds. The artist plays and performatively intervenes in both nature and the material, technological world, revealing a multiplicity of nonlinear, interconnected narratives. By applying a system of visual codes, the artist reflects on family history, particularly the experiences of women and the formation of Latvia’s collective memory.
At the opening of the exhibition, visitors will have the opportunity to experience the performance Beyond Good and Evil by Anna Maskava, Laine Kristberga, and Irita Tīlane-Pakalniņa, which, as a visceral ritual of encounter, will prompt reflection on the interaction between nature and the material world. As part of the exhibition, there will also be a solo performance by Anna Maskava, as well as a lecture by Laine Kristberga titled Feminist Aesthetics in Anna Maskava’s Art: Formal and Conceptual Solutions, followed by a discussion with the artist and attendees. More detailed information will be available soon.
Anna Maskava (1990) is a transdisciplinary artist working in the field of visual arts, primarily focusing on the means of expression in photography and performance art, especially their synthesis. In photography, Anna works within the self-portrait genre and purposefully creates her own system of imagery and visual codes that allow her to transpose individual experiences into symbols, allegories, and metaphors. Anna is currently studying in the Master’s program of the Department of Visual Communication at the Art Academy of Latvia.
Exhibition Ancestral Body / Senču Ķermenis will be on view at the ISSP Gallery from October 31 to January 3.
Exhibition scenography and spatial solutions: Aleksejs Beļeckis. Curators: Iveta Gabaliņa, Laine Kristberga. The exhibition is supported by the State Culture Capital Foundation, Riga City Council and Society Integration Foundation.
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