Presentation of the exhibition "One Message"

Exhibition presentation on November 13 at 4:00 p.m.

Beate Gjersvold (NO) · Māris Čačka (LV)

Artistic thinking does not always seek to be expressed in words. Affinity can be revealed through a similar sensitivity to the world around us, the ability to recognize in another person’s experience something close to one’s own, or intuitively understand a thought that has not yet been fully expressed. Beate Gjersvold and Māris Čačka’s exhibition “One Knowledge” explores such mutual understanding, combining two independent painting practices that are linked by a similar perception of the world.

The experience of landscape occupies an important place in the work of both artists, but neither of them seeks to depict a specific location. The landscape becomes a space of memory and sensations, in which what is seen gradually loses its geographical definition, but retains a sense of light, distance and atmosphere. Impressions of nature are transformed into color relationships and compositional rhythms, revealing each author's individual relationship with the visual world.

In Beate Gjersvold’s watercolors, the interaction of water and pigment gives the image transparency and fluidity. Subtle color transitions and unclear boundaries of forms preserve the changing nature of the landscape. In Māris Čačka’s acrylic painting, the sense of space arises from the interrelationship of color areas, layering, and rhythmic transitions. Traces of previous strokes remain on the surface of the painting, in which the initial impulse intertwines with subsequent changes. Different techniques shape the unique expression of each artist, while revealing a common interest in the ability of color to preserve the emotional intensity of experience.

The works in the exhibition can also be understood as visual notes – fragments of observations, imprints of memory and fixations of fleeting moods. Here, the note is not a preparatory stage for an unfinished work, but an independent form of expression that preserves the immediacy of the initial impression. It leaves room for chance, uncertainty and open interpretation, without demanding a detailed narrative from the painting.

The title of the exhibition “One Message” refers to the understanding that arises despite different artistic experiences and means of expression. It is the ability to understand each other at a glance, to recognize common feelings and thoughts, while maintaining an individual perspective. The lightness of watercolor and the richness of acrylic reveal two different approaches to the essential question: how to transform what we see and experience into a pictorial message that can resonate beyond personal experience?

Exhibition curator: Pāvels Terentjevs