Contemporary

Author: Olga Šilova Video: Alise Sondōre Maksla XO gallery 15.11.–11.12.2018 The profile of a folk-maid on the Latvian pre-war silver five-lats coin, depicting a young woman in a traditional headdress and with ears of corn on the reverse, has become a limitless source of inspiration and a long-term creative project for the sculptor Olga Shilova. This project was started back in 2009, and viewers will be able to discover it…

Sculptore and author of the idea: Olga Shilova
Photographers: Janis Deinats, Aigars Altenbergs
Graphics: Viesturs Stanislavskis

International markets construct the female identity as an element of consumerist attention. Identity is sold with the commodity – clothing, lifestyle, design, dreams about a better life. The woman is an ideal consumer and shows outstanding zeal in playing the role that the society and she recognizes…