Monograph about Voldemārs Zeltiņš
In December, Kristiāna Ābele's monograph about the painter Voldemārs Zeltiņš is also expected to be released at the Neputns publishing house.
Kristiāna Ābele: "After everything that has been revealed about Zeltiņš's life and seen in his works, there are grounds for more agreement with Bēm's and Biete's views. In the painter's controversial struggle with life, tension of concentration of creative forces that was devoted to the art, whose embodiments in the emotional rhythms on canvas, cardboard or paper are not the prevailing mood."
Design and layout: Armands Zelčs.
The publication of the monograph is supported by the State Cultural Capital Fund
Czesław Miłosz in the velvet poetry series
In December, the publishing house Neputns is expected to publish a collection of poems by Czesław Miłosz in the velvet poetry series.
Ingmāra Balode: "Weight of poet's words in the eyes of the public are also given by external decorations, awards, which the author of this book is not lacking especially in the second half of his life; as you know, fame tends to bring creative slack or fatigue, but not to this poet. In 1980, Czesław Miłosz was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature "for his work, in which the vulnerability of man in a world of irreconcilable conflict is revealed through uncompromising ambition"."
Editor of the collection - Jānis Elsbergs, translators - Ingmāra Balode, Uldis Bērziņš, Hermanis Marģers Majevskis, Māris Salējs. Design: Anna Aizsilniece.
Supported by the State Culture Capital Foundation.
The Source of Youth. Aija Jurjāne
"On Aija's table, there was her daughter Ieva's painted porcelain vase – her own vases that she painted created in Zvārtava porcelain symposium had already been given away. Aija's paintings were stored in a mid-floor kind of shelf/gallery where one could climb up on using Swedish gymnastics wall, and there had never been much, because compositions for the thematic or seasonal exhibitions of Soviet time had arrived as purchases in the stocks of the Latvian National Museum of Art and the Latvian Museum of Artists' Union, while the portraits Aija gave to those who appeared in them. Aija liked to give." (Anita Vanaga)
Compiler and project manager – Sandra Krastiņa, design – Artis Briedis, Rūta Briede, text authors – Anita Vanaga, Sandra Krastiņa, Rasa Jansone, Dace Lamberga, Anna Auziņa, Reinis Dzudzilo, Barbara Gaile, Edgars Vērpe, Aija Jurjāne, Ieva Jurjāne.
The book “The Source of Youth. Aija Jurjāne” will be published with the support of the State Culture Capital Fund's target programme “KultūrELPA”.
Christmas discounts in Neputns
Provide your loved ones with valuable and beautiful gifts for Christmas!
From December 1st until the end of the year – special prices for selected Neputns books!
Come to Neputns gallery* at Tērbatas street 49/51 or go to neputns.lv!
*Green pass is required for visitors.
The third collection of poems A Journey to the Consumer by Žebers
A Journey to the Consumer is Žeber's third collection of poetry, previous poetry book Spirits/Sidefects was released 14 years ago.
“When purchasing any product, including this book, the buyer or consumer meets a reference material accompanying the product, which contains instructions on the product and its use. If you have purchased furniture, the accompanying material will include a set of visual and graphic images showing how to put the item in the correct order for use, or in the case of household appliances, how to position and connect it properly to make it work. The longevity of the product and the safety of the consumer depend on how logically and sequentially the order of actions will be indicated. The book A Journey to the Consumer is intended for a closer look at all kinds of visual signs and indications,” says the author.
Raimonds Ķirķis, the editor of the book, states: “One must be careful in a world where mass production has developed to such an extent that products are endowed with consciousness. Their intentions are misleading, their functions unruly, but the will turns out to be the very opposite of human. Žebers knows the secrets of our most passive everyday companions and has warned us in time. The book can be used for educational purposes.”
Žebers (original name Andris Breže) is a poet and artist. Žeber's collection of poetry Spirits/Sidefects (2007), published in the publishing house Neputns, received the The Annual Latvian Literary Award in the category Poetry in 2008.
Supported by: State Culture Capital Foundation