2025 09 18 – 10 19 At Art Gallery (Respublikos st. 3)
Opening September 18, 6 p.m.
„Art has always been a dialogue for me – a dialogue with the world, with the viewer, with silence, with time, with form, and with myself. Painting is not just a visual language, but a way of building relationships. Through it, I seek balance between intuition and reason, between form and meaning, between what is said and what is left unsaid.
Each work in my practice arises as a response – to a feeling, a thought, a conversation, or an inner impulse. Often, these are fragments of dialogue that manifest in compositional structures and rhythms of color. The works presented in this exhibition are not straightforward narratives, but spaces in which the viewer is invited to become a co-creator: to observe, to feel, to participate. In this project, the idea of painting as dialogue becomes a methodological foundation – present in the form, structure, titles of the works, and in the viewer’s experience. Dialogue – not as a final result, but as a process that opens space for conversation. Even uncertainty, the unspoken, and silence become meaningful parts of that dialogue.
I am grateful for the opportunity to share this experience. I hope this visual language will also find resonance in your personal interpretation.”
Māris Čačka
About the Artist
Born 1976 in Varakļāni, Latvia. Education and qualifications: 2011 MA in arts (graphic art); 2009 Doctor of pedagogical sciences (art education) Daugavpils University. 2020 onwards – Director of Daugavpils Mark Rothko Art Centre (from 2023 – Rothko Museum). Member of Latvian Artists Union and Latvian Chamber of Graphic Arts.
Čačka’s exhibition record dates back to 1997 and extends to more than 90 appearances, which includes 22 one-man shows in Latvia and 19 solo exhibitions abroad.
His curatorial practice is ongoing since 2004 and branches into exhibitions and symposiums across.
