19.11. - 15.12.2015

Galerija "Māksla XO"

Elizabetes iela 14, Rīga, LV 1010

Kristaps Gelzis "19112015"

"In my means of expression I engage in the search for and exploration of texture of recent times that surrounds us. I like to replace the whole material structure of traditional “painting” with an obviously artificial, synthetic package. It is an updated eternal repair process so typical of today.
Black polyethylene plastic for greenhouse structures to rationalize and speed up the expected growth process, or a disposable rubbish sack as canvas. Household adhesive that covers up and repairs all the carelessness of modern man, both brown and transparent. Double-sided sticky, tape to remove and transfer the arty acryl pigment fingerprints like the forensic investigators do.

Black polyethylene plastic for greenhouse structures to rationalize and speed up the expected growth process, or a disposable rubbish sack as canvas. Household adhesive that covers up and repairs all the carelessness of modern man, both brown and transparent. Double-sided sticky, tape to remove and transfer the arty acryl pigment fingerprints like the forensic investigators do.
Someone will say, it is so temporary! No. I will say it is not.
It is as temporary as the environment we live and work in now. My painting may be described as packing my troubled observations in a big box ready for moving to the next possible place"- Kristaps Gelzis, 2015.