Barbara Gaile -- «Having worked
with mother of pearl pigments for many years, I have come to realize how tricky
the process is. In a purely visual sense, its aesthetic edge is quite narrow
and sharp; just a little, just tiny nuance or even the direction of the
application can turn the whole painting into something quite banal or
unattractive, common, or even vulgar. .. The colouring of pearls is like a
separate colouring beyond the confines of traditional coloring. Another galaxy
beyond the one already discovered. »
Selection of Barbara Gaile paintings is a subjective exhibition version
by exhibition curator Inese Riņķe -- «For
me Barbara Gaile recalls alchemist
from the medieval times who may turn into gold everything ordinary -
in this case into pearls»
The exhibition
included paintings are created during the period 2003 rd till 2010th
year. 11 paintings (BALEINE BLEUE. 2007, DOMU
NOPLŪDE. 2009, SMALKI MALDI. 2009, LILLĀ MIGLA. 2010, MANS ZELTA KOLIBRI. 2010,
MAGENTA. 2010 etc.) are from excellent solo show
“PEARLS” (Latvian National Museum of Art. 2010) and paintings from Riga
Gallery collection.
Barbara Gaile works on texture and
colours of paintings for a long time; polishing and rubbing of paint acquires a
particular significance as well as the choice of special technological means
(pigments, varnishes, purple, gold) to achieve “a sum of hazy, tarnished and
dim mirror surfaces”. The exhibition is a dedication to mystery – emotions and
feelings translated in colours.
Helēna Demakova wrote
on Gaile’s paintings: «Her abstractions are as abstract as a sea fragment influenced by
numerous factors or an exotic leaf subjected to human touch and weather
caprices. One could see in her works magnified fragments of a microscopic world
or condensed and cartographic macro events, reflecting psychological, not material
environment, retaining just the pleasure of human touch from the latter.
»
Barbara Gaile has organized 11 solo exhibitions. Two
of them were held at Riga Gallery –“Discoveries”.2004
and “Mysterious Life of
Paintings”. 2008.
She represented Latvia
at important exposition -“Surprising Latvia” in France
(2005) and take part at International Art Fair ART MOSCOW in Russia.
Barbara Gaile
has received important awards:
Prix
Bornhauser-Molinari (France,
2000),
Silver medal
in Arts of Merite et devouement français Prix Charles Oulmont (France.1998)
Grand Prix
in 4th Exhibition of the Soros Centre of Contemporary Art of Riga, Pedvale,
Open Air art Museum, (Sabile, Latvia.1996)
Painting of
The Year, A. Sūna Gallery (Latvia,
1995)
Prix Eva
Lange (Sweden,
1994)
Works in collections:
Contemporary Art Museum of Medellin, Columbia
Latvian National Museum of Art , Riga,
Latvia
Contemporary Art Museum
of Latvia, Riga,
Latvia
Pedvāle Open Air
Art Museum, Sabile, Latvia
Muzeum
of Ventspils, Ventspils, Latvia
AB.LV Contemporary
Art Collection, Riga, Latvia
Private collections in France,
Latvia
and elsewhere
Barbara Gaile (b.1968)
Graduated from the Janis Rozentāls Riga
Secondary Art
School
1992 studied at the Painting Department of the University of Sunderland
(Great Britain).
1995 graduated from the Painting Department of the Latvian Academy of Art.
Since
1996 lives and works in Paris.
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