Within the framework of the educational programme Visions of the Age, on Facebook platform there will be an opportunity to meet with Anja Carr, whose exhibition Feedings is on show at the Exhibition Hall Riga Art Space from November 25 until December 30.

One of Anja Carr's main artistic interests are the endless image feeds that surround us and even flow through our pockets – namely through the smartphones that are always at hand. This greedy consumption of images has prompted the artist to reflect on this phenomenon – the flow of images as one of the most pronounced signs of our time – on several occasions, from various points of view and in various visual media. In Riga, two unrelated but complementary series of works are on view – Moments (2013 – 2017) and Imaginary posing as object of posing imaginary posing as object (2018).

Anja Carr (1985, NO) transforms bodies, faces, toys and food into a theatrical, abject and colorful world of photography, sculpture, installation, performance, video and self-invented techniques. Her 30+ solo exhibitions include galleries in Los Angeles, London, Stockholm and Berlin and she has performed in Amsterdam, London, New York, Miami, Paris etc. 60+ group exhibitions include Triumph Gallery (Moscow, upcoming), the famous Cankarjev dom (Ljubljana), Somerset House (London), the National Museum / Mellomstasjonen (Oslo) and the Tadeusz Kantor Museum (Kraków). Carr is represented in seven public collections and has received 30+ awards and grants. Her most recent solo exhibition in Oslo was reviewed in three of the biggest national newspapers and the leading Nordic journal of contemporary art. Carr’s work has been shown on several state-run TV programs in Slovenia and Norway and in a number of international magazines, based in New York, London, etc. She founded the pink gallery PINK CUBE in Oslo in 2011.

Text by: Inga Brūvere (LV), Marie Sjøvold (NO)
Text by: Aiga Dzalbe (LV)
Organizer: Riga Photography Biennial in cooperation with the State Culture Capital Foundation mērķprogramma “KultūrELPA”, Association of Culture Institutions of Riga City Council, Riga Art Space, Nordic Council of Ministers’ Office in Latvia, Norwegian Embassy in Riga
Image: Anja Carr. ‘Moments’ (Act 1), 2013