The Rundale Palace Museum hosts the solo exhibition / day of Imants Lancmanis

In November 2022, an exhibition of paintings by Imants Lancmanis was opened at the Latvian National Museum of Art. It then traveled at a minimum of several cities in Latvia. The exhibition is now complemented by the artist’s latest works and compositions that make up part of the museum’s exhibition symbolically closing its way to Rundale Palace.

The tour of the exhibition begins on the second floor of the castle, where some of Imants Lancmanis’ works have been an integral part of the museum’s exhibition for decades. On the ground floor of the exhibition, visitors can view the latest works of the artist as well as a wide range of paintings from various Latvian museums and private collections. Each exhibition space reveals a special story that allows you to look at the perception of the artist’s world and feel the emotional mood he created. The square codes on the walls allow you to listen to the artist’s audio recordings of paintings, their symbolism and the course of creation.

The curator of the exhibition, Ginta Gerharde-Upeniece, reveals: “For the first floor of the Rundale Palace, for every cycle or group of Imants Lancmanis, a special place is given. Each space is like a closed world in which paintings interact with space with its own internal drama. The message, creating a united, multi -layered narrative.

The exhibition also gives an insight into the process of creating works. The Rundale Palace Museum’s collective played an important role in it – the staff participated in the creation of compositions as models to play the roles of representative types and helping to create a common mood. Interestingly, in several paintings, Lancmanis has almost invisibly painted himself in different characters.

Imants Lancmanis says of his art: “Painting as an art is an opportunity to understand the world and the meaning of life, reflect life as an inner experience that includes the mood of his surroundings and the age. It allows the artist to grab suddenly seen images Messages can be an incentive, a reminder, to praise the good and to condemn the wing, the painting of the viewer – amazement, excitement, sadness or anger. « 

The exhibition features the latest works of the artist and works from several Latvian museum storage facilities – including the Latvian National Museum of Art, the Bauska Castle Museum, the Gedert Elias Museum of History and Art, the Latvian Academy of Arts, the Latvian Artists’ Union Museum and the Latvian Academy of Sciences. The exhibition also features works from the Zuzani collection, the Teterev family collection, to be liquidated ABLV Bank and vas Lotto Lotto art collections as well as from several private collections.

Since the opening day of the exhibition, the Museum’s box office is once again available in Helena Demakova monograph Imants Lancman’s art (Neputns2024), as well as a brand new edition – the artist’s contemplation Victim and victim. Two conversations with Imants Lancmani

Exhibition Imants Lacmanis. Paintings The inspection is included in the price of the Rundale Palace Museum.

Curator of the exhibition-art historian Ginta Gerharde-Upeniece; artist and graphic designer – Katrīna Vasilevska; project managers – Laura Lūse and Liva Daniniece; The exhibition was performed by the Engineering Communication Group of the Rundale Palace Museum. Imants Lancmanis and his sister Lauma Lancmane have also participated in the creation of the exhibition.