Sarmīte Māliņa, Kristaps Kalns
Emotional and meditative, universal and at the same time personal
Sarmīte Māliņa and Kristaps Kalns are well known for their installations, such as, “Altar” in the Church of Mary Magdalene in Riga (2006), “Love Never Ends” at the exhibition “Beauty” at the art festival “Cēsis 2008”, “What is There to Hide Sitting Lone in a Rose Garden’’ in Kim? Center for Contemporary Art in Riga (2009) and “Pacieties” (Be patient) at the exhibition hall “Arsenals” in the Latvian National Museum of Art (2012).
Sarmīte Māliņa (1960) graduated from the Design Department of the Latvian Academy of Arts (1986) and participated in significant exhibitions that have been shaping the history of Latvian contemporary art since the end of the 1980s. Kristaps Kalns (1981) is a photographer, since 2001 he has been working for the newspaper "Diena". Prior to that, he studied at the Faculty of Theology of the University of Latvia (1999-2000). He has created a solo exhibition of musicians' portraits in the club "Depo" (2003) and more than 80 covers of the newspaper "Kultūras Diena”.
