RSU Museum of Anatomy invites you to the opening of Laimdota Malle's exhibition - Meet the artist!

Photo: Courtesy of the RSU Anatomy Museum

The opening of the exhibition 'Horrify Me, Soothe Me, Horrify Me' by Laimdota Malle on Thursday 27 February, at 18:00, at the RSU Anatomy Museum attracted a large crowd. The exhibition will be open until 29 March. In addition, all are welcome to the museum for a conversation with the artist Laimdota Malle at the following times:

• 1 March 14.00
• 6 March 18.00
• 15 March 12.00
• 29 March 14.00

By not separating humans from nature and the processes of other living beings, the artist seeks metaphors for the dialogue between human and natural anatomy both in form and in the invisible connections of memory and emotions. Exploring body parts reduced to their objects and functions, the new series of works consists of symbolic wax shells and imprints of various bodies that balance between movement and still time, rhythmic repetition and diffusion.

In each of these works, a subjectively perceivable layer is felt – touches given, received, and ceased to be given by some hand, sounds accumulated by the ear's cochlea, countless knots and twists woven and renewed by some encapsulated nervous system, breath that begins and stops in the lungs, fluctuating between fear and comfort. Even after the previous owners have left the bodies, their life continues in a cycle of physical and emotional rejuvenation, where inhabitation, flourishing, and decaying are possible in both grief and tenderness.

The exhibition, developed in collaboration with space artist and curator Aleksejs Beļeckis, sound artist Sarma Gabrēna, and light artist Romāns Medvedevs, will feature a sculptural installation of objects, images, sound, and light, which serves as a poetic exploration of the ritual of being, where arrival, transformation, and disappearance are part of the uninterrupted cycle of a unified ecosystem.

About the artists

Laimdota Malle is a visual artist who works with sculpture, images, sound, and space using various media to create installations through which she explores and questions collective and personal experiences. Laimdota Malle has completed a master's program at Manchester Metropolitan University in the UK and a master's degree at the Latvian Academy of Arts, gaining international recognition for her creative approach and innovative explorations. In 2023, Laimdota Malle was nominated for the Purvīša Prize for the installation 'OOZE'.

Aleksejs Beļeckis is an interdisciplinary artist who works with space and image and organizes exhibitions in various forms. In 2024, Aleksejs created the space for Katrīna Neiburga's exhibition and also curated exhibitions by Andris Eglītis and the Fyodor Golan brand at the Latvian National Museum of Art. He is one of the organizers of the art space Savvaļa and has worked on several exhibitions of Latvian pavilions at the Venice Biennale.

The project is supported by the State Cultural Capital Foundation, the Medical Museum Support Society, and Rīga Stradiņš University.