The aim of the Love Is Never-Ending (Mīlestība nekad nebeidzas) exhibition is to give a snapshot of Latvian contemporary art by taking a brief look at the history of contemporary art since 1990 and the current tendencies in art in Latvia: the so called “reporting” trend in contemporary art, formalism and neo-conceptualism.

25 artists will be represented at the exhibition.

The name of the exhibition – Love Is Never-Ending – is taken from the 2008 work by Sarmīte Māliņa and Kristaps Kalns which will be included in the exhibition. The artists created this piece as an ironic nostalgic reflection on the past in which banal old objects – bedroom furniture and its components – are turned into impressive minimalistic compositions. This work can be interpreted as a contemporary take on the vanitas theme. It thus has a deeper semantic meaning: the triumph of eternity over secular life which symbolises the purpose of creating any true work of art. The exhibition on the recent history and the overview of the current tendencies in Latvian contemporary art created especially for Belarus will also have the same focus.