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Date of the event: 18. Feb / 2025

Jewellery Art winning the Latvian Public Media Award

On Saturday, 15 February, the winners of the Latvian Public Media Award in Culture “Kilograms kultūras 2024” were awarded in ten categories. In the category “Visual Art”, the prize was awarded to the exhibition “Touch-Sensitive” by the Latvian Jewellery Art Association (Museum of Decorative Arts and Design, curators Ginta Grūbe and Zane Vilka).

“The nominees for the Kilogram of Culture Award – the most original and high-quality Latvian cultural events of the past year – are nominated by a jury of culture professionals from the Latvian Public Media, but the final decision is made solely by viewers and listeners, voting in four ballots – spring, autumn, winter and final.

“The variety of jewellery materials is amazing – from precious stones to cords and recycled materials. The audience has been convinced by the very personal touch of 23 outstanding jewellery artists and their wearers, as we, as visitors to the exhibition, have been allowed to witness it,” commented Lilita Eglīte, a member of the jury. “The graphic sign of the exhibition with the fingerprint lines, the opportunity to watch the magic of jewellery making in the artist’s studio in photos and the fascinating dialogue between the jewellery in the showcase and the large-scale portrait and voice recording of the wearer. We involuntarily engage in a game – what would we choose in this variety of forms and materials?” The prize was presented by ceramicist, sculptor and chef José Javier Mansur-Garcia from Mexico.

“23 artists from 3 different generations can come together without arguing, but by talking to each other, thinking together and being very determined to achieve a result. A company is not just beauty, it is a conversation with a person. It is perhaps the most intimate form of art because it touches the human body. It’s about beauty in this rather harsh world. Maybe beauty will save us,” said Inese Baranovska, Head of the Museum of Decorative Arts and Design, when receiving the award.

Finalists:

  • The Latvian Jewellery Art Association exhibition “Touch-Sensitive”. Museum of Decorative Arts and Design, curated by Ginta Grūbe and Zane Vilka.
  • Andris Eglītis’ solo exhibition “Exhibition. Some Instances of Encounters between Imagination and Matter”. Latvian National Museum of Art, curator Aleksejs Beļeckis.
  • Helena Heinrihson’s solo exhibition “The Wanderers”. Latvian National Museum of Literature and Music, curator Auguste Petre.

Sincere thanks to the Latvian Jewellery Art Association, curators Zane Vilka and Ginta Grūbe, and the following artists: Māris Auniņš, Jānis Brants, Valdis Brože, Vladislavs Čistjakovs, Anna Fanigina, Ginta Grūbe, Aleksandra Federika Krastiņa, Andris Lauders, Guntis Lauders, Una Mikuda, Rasma Pušpure, Pēteris Ripa, Mārīte Rudzāte, Anita Savicka, Laura Selecka, Gints Strēlis, Jelizaveta Suska, Daria Svirel, Māris Šustiņš, Paula Treimane, Zane Vilka, Jānis Vilks, Maija Vītola-Zitmane.

Many thanks also to the set designer Ilze Ķēniņa, the forographer Mārtiņš Cīrulis, the graphic identity designer Eltons Kūns, the sound installation designer Pēteris Pāss, the whole team of DMDM and our supporters: the State Culture Capital Foundation and Arctic Paper Baltic States. And most of all, thank you to all the museum visitors who voted for the exhibition!

Text: lsm.lv, DMDM