The traveling exhibition of the Contemporary Art Biennale is now open in Cesis

With an impressive performance of Raitis Hrolovičs on June 29th, the traveling exhibition of the Contemporary Young Artist Biennale (JCE. Jeune Création Européenne) was opened in Cesis Art, Science, and Gastronomy Centre BRŪZIS.

Gabrielle Felury and Andrea Ponsini – the representatives from Montrouge municipality sent their greetings to Cesis and Latvian new artists. They emphasized that Cēsis and Latvia are wonderful places for contemporary cultural and artistic events. However, Gundars Skudriņš, the owner of Science, Art, and Gastronomy Centre BRŪZIS, expressed his honor that the organizers have chosen Cesis as one of the exhibitions’ stops. “Perhaps nowadays people don’t talk much about these real values or about the origin of the spirit, but obviously the main curators of Biennale have felt this infinite energy that arises here in Cesis Old Brewery,” Gundars mentioned in his speech.

JCE Biennale exhibition gathers together 56 up-and-coming contemporary artists from 7 European countries – France, Portugal, Latvia, Denmark, Romania, Spain, Italy.  In the Biennale 2017 – 2019 Latvia is represented by 8 up-and-coming artists – Andrejs Lavrinovičs, Mētra Saberova, Sandra Strēle, GolfClayderman, Rūdolfs Štamers, Zīle Ziemele, Raitis Hrolovičs and Toms Harjo. They were selected by the jury of art experts: Kaspars Vanags, the curator; Maija Kurševa, the artist; Diāna Barčevska, Mūkusalas Art Salon curator; Alberto Di Gennaro, set designer and curator; Dāvis Kaņepe, the JCE Biennale curator in Latvia.

JCE Biennale was developed in 2000 by the Montrouge municipality, Paris. It is above all a network linking different European cities concerned with promoting the work of their country’s young artists, as well as allowing the artists’ cultural actions to be known beyond their borders. Once the artworks of each country have been selected, the JCE Biennale takes the shape of a large traveling collective exhibit which lies down in each of the partner cities over the course of two consecutive years, covering 5850 km distance. The Brewery will be the third stop of the JCE Biennale 2017 – 2019 traveling exhibition. Afterward, it will continue its journey to Cluj-Napoca in Romania.

The traveling exhibition is a part of the Latvia 100 years’ independence anniversary. Latvian participation in the JCE Biennale is organized by the Institute for Environmental Solutions in cooperation with Montrouge municipality in France, and Kanepe Culture Centre. It is supported by the State Culture Capital Foundation of Latvia, as a part of the programme “Latvia-100”, Cēsis Municipality, and ABLV Charitable Foundation.

The exhibition in Science, Art and Gastronomy Centre “BRŪZIS” (Address: 9/11 Lenču Street, Cēsis, Latvia) will be open until the 29th of July, from Tuesday – Sunday. Opening hours: 11.00 – 19.00. Entry fee: 2 Eur; 1 Eur school and university students and seniors.