Inga Brūvere

Inga Brūvere’s painting is characterized by an analytical and distinctly conceptual approach. Since the 1990s, she has focussed on linguistic conceptualism, examining the accustomed functioning of language in various visual forms. Her works address both universal and social subjects: happiness, being, love and others. In “Labyrinth. Love & Hate,” she has built a colourful structure from the shell of play blocks. She explains: “By grouping these construction elements in various compositions, we arrive verbally at: LOVE, HATE, BEING... The rules of the game allow for various configurations and give it fragility. Touch it and it will collapse.” Brūvere’s works have both a philosophically linguistic and a formal dimension, because form is also part of the concept, the load bearer of the idea. Form must maximally express the essence of the idea. Therefore, it is important to see in these axiometric networks not only words, but also to retain in one’s field of vision those core elements which are embedded in the letters, bestowing imagery on the words and ideas.

Labyrinth. Love & Hate. 2003.