LATVIA

Riga: Global Intrigue 2 - 4th European textile and Fibre Art Festival; June 10 – August 1, 2010

Organized by the Museum of Decorative Arts and Design, Riga, Latvia
Exhibition will be held in the Exhibition Hall Arsenāls from June 10 – August 1, 2010
Opening - on June 10, 2010

THEME AND CONCEPT
Theme: GLOBAL INTRIGUE 2 develops and extends the theme of the previous
Triennial based on different aspects of globalization in connection with new
problems and challenges in our contemporary world.
For example:
· How do artists manifest themselves in the period of the global crisis? Can
we feel it in art or not? How does it affect artistic expression and
creativity?
· How do textile artists update their time in space/surroundings, materials
and contemporary technologies?
· How do innovations work in cross-cultural contacts?
· etc.

Archive: Call for Entries

 

Some works of Jean Lurcat were exhibited in Riga, in the Museum of Arts and Decorative Design.

 

GLOBAL INTRIGUE
3rd European Textile and Fibre Art Triennial
Tradition & Innovation

July 6 – August 12, 2007
Exhibition Hall Arsenāls of the Latvian National Museum of Art

Download the catalog here (5.1MB)