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Exhibition "Brederlo – von Sengbusch Art Award 2012"
12 October 2012 – 1 November 2012, Hall of the Art Academy of Latvia
As announced during the opening event of exhibition “Brederlo – von Sengbusch Art Award 2012” on 11 October 2012, the award this year goes to four students of the Art Academy of Latvia – Klāvs Loris (Department of Painting), Kristīne Rozenberga (Department of Graphic Art), Andris Maračkovskis and Elīna Vojevoda (both from the Department of Sculpture). Works by the award winners and their fellow students, who contended for the prize, are all on show in the “Brederlo – von Sengbusch Art Award 2012” exhibition at the Hall of the Art Academy of Latvia until 1 November 2012. The objective of the award is to recognize and support the most talented young artists studying at the Art Academy of Latvia.

Opening event of exhibition "Brederlo - von Sengbusch Art Award 2012" on 11 October 2012.

Exhibition "Brederlo - von Sengbusch Art Award 2012".

Klāvs Loris received the prize for his paintings “Muta” and “Dace Lore”, Kristīne Rozenberga for “Tilts – 1973” and “Tilts – 2011” (“Bridge – 1973” and “Bridge – 2011”), Andris Maračkovskis for installation “EGO” and Elīna Vojevoda for her multimedia installation “Process = EV2012 – X”.

The “Brederlo – von Sengbusch Art Award 2012” competition, which was open to all students of the Departments of Painting, Graphic Art and Sculpture of the Art Academy of Latvia, this year attracted 59 participants with a total of 97 artworks. The prize pool is 4000 EUR and the jury is authorized to divide the prize into three to four equal parts and award it to representatives of different departments. The award is presented bi-annually by the von Sengbusch family in co-operation with the Art Academy of Latvia and Latvian – Baltic German Centre “Domus Rigensis”. Patron of the award: Her Excellency the Ambassador of Germany to Latvia Ms Andrea Wiktorin.

Jury members:
Professor Ivars Heinrihsons, Head of the Department of Painting at the Art Academy of Latvia
Professor Guntars Sietiņš, Head of the Department of Graphic Art at the Art Academy of Latvia
Professor Bruno Strautiņš, Head of the Department of Sculpture at the Art Academy of Latvia
Professor Normunds Brasliņš, Department of Drawing at the Art Academy of Latvia
Professor, Dr. habil. art. Ojārs Spārītis, Head of the Doctoral Programme at the Art Academy of Latvia
Diāna Barčevska, exhibition curator at the Latvian National Museum of Art
Werner von Sengbusch, board member of Latvian – Baltic German Centre “Domus Rigensis” and representative of von Sengbusch family

Friedrich Wilhelm Brederlo (born in Jelgava on 7 December 1779 and died in Riga on 2 March 1862), whose name the award bears, was one of the great art experts and collectors of his time. The collection includes more than 200 paintings, majority of which are currently housed at the recently renovated art museum “Riga Bourse” (6 Dome Square, Riga). On 31 October 1906 the collector’s great-grandson Oskar Wilhelm von Sengbusch handed over the collection as a loan to the Riga City Art Museum (now Latvian National Museum of Art).

A hundred years after this remarkable event, the heirs of the collection, to honour the memory of Friedrich Wilhelm Brederlo, decided to revive the tradition of supporting Latvian artists. Thus, von Sengbusch family established the “Brederlo – von Sengbusch Art Award” to support the brightest young talents from Latvia. The Award is presented bi-annually since 2006. In 2010, the award was won by Zane Balode, Edgars Ošs, Sandis Aispurs and Sabīne Vekmane.

Entrance free.

Opening hours:
Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday: 11am – 6pm
Thursday: 11am – 7pm
Break: 2.30pm – 3pm
Sunday, Monday – closed

Venue:
Hall of the Art Academy of Latvia
13 Kalpaka Boulevard, Riga

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