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From July 12 to September 1, the art exhibition "Tautumeitas and Ephthalmuses" is exhibited at the Mukusala Art Salon. The exhibition is devoted to ethnographic images of Latvian art from the early 20th century to the present day.
The Mukusalas art exhibition is modeled by the Latvian art scene of this period, which focuses on the presence of archetypes of female and male images based on folk traditions in the context of the cultural space, says Agnese Klein, director of communications at Mukusala Art Salon. and at the turn of the 20th century, the dominance of past patriarchal culture changed, which was decisively driven by the emancipation and modernization of the rapidly growing society. Despite the initially ambivalent attitude, the image of a woman, initially conceived as an embodiment of innocent femininity, slowly evolves into the public space (illustrated magazines, works of art , etc.) and the image of the current life dynamic appears there. The changes in society are the most affecting women. The status of a woman changes, and her image begins to embody the spirit of a new age.
The visual image of Tautumeit, whose creation may be related to the social and cultural events of the late nineteenth century (First General Song Festival in 1873) which embodied in beauty and wisdom, gradually becoming a symbol of ideals based on Latvian traditions.
19. and in the late 20th century cultural scene of the twentieth century, there are motivations for the presence of different images of women, whose presence extends across a wide range of arts. The exhibition of the Mukusalas Art Salon invites to look at the end-of-century female spectrum in the context of Latvian art, recognizing some in the exhibition presented.
The exhibition consists of Joseph Grosvalds, Ansis Cīrulis, Niklāva Strunke, Roman Suta, Jemma Skulme, Maija Tabaka, Miervalža Poļa, Hilda Vika, Jura Utana, Ieva Juriene, Olga Šilova, Ilze Avotiņa, Jana Deinata, Ernesta Klavina and other authors. Works from the Zuzan Collection, the Latvian National Art Museum and private collections. The curator of the exhibition is Diāna Barčevska
On Wednesday 18 July, at 18:00 will be held the exhibition Eva Eglaja-Kristensa Conference "The concept of Zeltentes as ideal woman in culture Latvian 19-20th, the turn of the century ". The center of the conference is the "gold" symbol based on Latvian tradition – the ideal woman, as perceived by the ideologues of national ideas and traditional values since the second half of the 19th century.
A broader commentary on the portrayal of women, including press illustrations, appeared in the newspaper "Baltic Gazette" in 1889. A public and positive image of a young educated woman emerges – this is not the case. is above all a "golden man" who feels humble There is also a certain dynamic.
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