The Calvert Journal finds a new generation of artists using images to explore the impact of the country’s Soviet past For Latvia,a small country with a complicated past, a search for identity has persisted since the breakup of the Soviet Union 24 years ago.
That quest runs through the work of a number of young Latvian photographers nowadays. Ignoring the trend for highly manipulated digital imagery, and they are united by what could be called “local poetics” – a lyrical and dreamy tone present in Latvian art for decades. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com