Lilies of the Valley / Tribute to a Tired Girl, #20

Screen print on paper, 3D printed objects, framed in oak wood frames, anti-reflective 70% glass

65 × 48 (79 × 62) cm

2022

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#20

The series of screenprints by Līga Spunde is dedicated to mental ecology and the impact of the environment on mental health and well-being. Today’s characteristic traits — anxiety and burnout — are influenced by the digital saturation to which our lives are increasingly subjected. Nature and everyday activities that draw inspiration from it become a digital detox practice necessary for survival, allowing us to relax our mind, body and soul.

The series was commissioned for the exhibition by the Latvian Centre for Contemporary Art “Decolonial Ecologies” curated by Ieva Astahovska at Riga Art Space.

Each print is unique and made from 35 layers of silkscreen printing to find the right place for every flower and leaf, likewise ikebana, the Japanese art of arranging flowers.

About the artist

Līga Spunde (b. 1990) is a visual artist based in Riga, Latvia. She presents her works as multimedia installations, intertwining personal stories with deliberate fiction. The interpretations and use of recognisable characters serve as an extension of her personal experiences, tapping into universal truths. The work’s content determines the conception’s physical form leading the artist to use various media and materials in her installations.

She completed her postgraduate studies in the Department of Visual Communication at the Art Academy of Latvia in 2016, her graduation project, The Hike, was named one of the three best projects by graduates of European art academies.

Spunde has participated in various exhibitions and art projects in Latvia and internationally. The most recent have been The Real Show (2022, CAC Brétigny, Paris), My Bitter Sweet Frankenstein Body (2022, Titanik, Turku), Screen Age III: Still Life (2022, Riga Photography Biennial, RMT, Riga), Cybervikings of Mars (2021, 427 Gallery, Riga), The Bambi Project (2021, Kogo Gallery, Tartu), Being Safe Is Scary, Survival Kit 11 (2020, Latvian Centre for Contemporary Art, Riga), When Hell Is Full, the Dead Will Walk the Earth (2019, Kim? Contemporary art centre, Riga), Melos (2019, Creative Art Space, Arsenāls, Latvian National Museum of Art, Riga).

LĪGA SPUNDE’S PORTFOLIO

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Kristi Kongi Līga Spunde

There Is No Harm In Any Blessing

Līga Spunde

Digital drawing, print on paper, signed, 5 + 2 AP, 57 × 38 cm, 2021

Digital drawing “Bulletproof Glass Protecting Serenity”

Līga Spunde

Digital drawing, 10 + 2 AP, 27 × 27 cm, 2020

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Lilies of the Valley / Tribute to a Tired Girl

Līga Spunde

The Kitchen

Līga Spunde

Digital drawing. Archival pigment print on FineArt cotton paper 310 g/m2. Framed: 22 × 31 × 3 cm, black metal frame, Artglass AR70. Edition: 2/5 + 2 AP , 21 × 29.7 cm, 2017

The Sims. A Very Boring Game

Līga Spunde

Digital drawing. Archival pigment print on FineArt cotton paper 310 g/m2. Framed: 114 × 159 × 3 cm, black wooden frame, Artglass AR70. Edition: 2/5 + 2 AP , 110 × 155 (114 × 159 × 3) cm, 2019

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Līga Spunde

Digital drawing. Archival pigment print on FineArt cotton paper 310 g/m2. Framed: 103 × 103 × 3 cm, black wooden frame, Artglass AR70. Edition: 2/5 + 2 AP , 100 × 100 (103 × 103 × 3) cm, 2020

Clubhouse

Līga Spunde

Digital drawing. Archival pigment print on FineArt cotton paper 310 g/m2. Framed: 83 × 103 × 3 cm, black wooden frame, Artglass AR70. Edition: 2/5 + 2 AP , 80 × 100 (83 × 103 × 3) cm, 2021