Jana Brike / studio view
This year Jana Briķe has held two impressive solo-exhibition in USA – „Book of Taboo” in Los Angeles and „Journey Inside” in Chicago. The third of artist`s solo –exhibitions - „Milk and Blood” will take a place in Riga ( „Māksla XO” gallery from 17th November till 13th December).
About the exhibition Jana Briķe tells: ”Milk and blood are words which we use to describe a young, healthy girl or a child in Latvian language, but separately for each of these words can be found a complicate semiotic meaning. All the works of exhibition seems to be portraits of children and young people, moreover the composition and expression style is very classical with a reference to traditional painting. But at the same time none of them is real ”portrait” as they do not represent a concrete person or a situation. Maybe these are just potential portraits of someone’s emotional experience or feeling. They are not even children, what I have painted. Those are metaphors for innocence, potential of development, vulnerability, intuition. As an instrument for my painting I combine the synthetic properties of 3D computer programs and fine and precise hand work in different materials – graphite, colored pencils, pens, markers, blow colors, gouache, temperas and oil colors. This is my set of methods to capture the final contrast collision point in a material, in an image, such as artificial – natural, alive – dead, beautiful – unpleasant, attractive – deterrent, ect.”
"Permafrost" : "Sasalums"
140 x 80 cm / 55 x 31,5 in
oil, tempera and gouache
w/graphite, color pencils, pen, print and spray-paint
"Permafrost" closeup
"Insight" : "Iekšējā redze"
35 x 35 cm / 14 x 14 in
oil, tempera and gouache
w/graphite, color pencils, pen, print and spray-paint
"Weavers" : "Audēji"
60 x 80 cm / 23,5 x 31,5 in
oil, tempera and gouache
w/graphite, color pencils, pen, print and spray-paint
"Weavers" closeup
"Wild Strawberry in Snowstorm" : "Meža zemenīte sniegā"
52 x 40 cm / 20,5 x 16 in
oil, tempera and gouache
w/graphite, color pencils, pen, print and spray-paint
"Bather" : "Peldētājs"
100 x 100 cm / 39,4 x 39,4 in
oil, tempera and gouache
w/graphite, color pencils, pen, print and spray-paint
"Bather" closeup
"Levitation by the Baltic Sea" : "Levitācija pie Baltijas Jūras"
60 x 80 cm / 23,5 x 31,5 in
oil, tempera and gouache
w/graphite, color pencils, pen, print and spray-paint
"Levitation by the Baltic Sea" closeup
"Boy With the Red Riding Hood" : "Sarkangalvītis"
35 x 35 cm / 14 x 14 in
oil, tempera and gouache
w/graphite, color pencils, pen, print and spray-paint
"Prickle" : "Ērkšķis"
90 x 40 cm / 35,5 x 16 in
oil, tempera and gouache
w/graphite, color pencils, pen, print and spray-paint
100 x 100 cm / 39,4 x 39,4 in
oil, tempera and gouache
w/graphite, color pencils, pen, print and spray-paint
"The Kiss" closeup
"Twinkle Twinkle Little Star"
50 x 80 cm / 20 x 31,5 in
oil, tempera and gouache
w/graphite, color pencils, pen, print and spray-paint
"Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" closeup
"Snow White" : "Sniegbaltums"
35 x 35 cm / 14 x 14 in
oil, tempera and gouache
w/graphite, color pencils, pen, print and spray-paint
"Itching" {from "The Lovesick" series} : "Nieze"
50 x 50 cm / 20 x 20 in
oil, tempera and gouache
w/graphite, color pencils, pen, print and spray-paint
"Itching" closeup
"Ascension" : "Debesbraukšana"
80 x 120 cm / 31,5 x 47 in
oil, tempera and gouache
w/graphite, color pencils, pen, print and spray-paint
"Ascension" closeup
"Breathing Dreams of Wounded hearts"
Images and Video by Jana Brike
Music by Philippe Blache, "Day Before Us"
