padegs:People at Kārlis Padegs’ and Valdis Klalnroze’s first exhibition “Under T
padegs: People at Kārlis Padegs’ and Valdis Klalnroze’s first exhibition “Under The Lime Trees” in Vērmanes Garden, 1934. The artwork was mostly by Padegs, who exhibited both paintings and drawings. Both artists supervised the exhibition themselves, asking people for the small entrance fee of 20 or 30 santīmi (~UK cents). They had a tent where to bring artwork in case of rain. Once when there were less visitors, Kārlis began to slowly draw a new poster to catch people’s attention - a girl sitting on a knife. An observant policeman noticed this, and asked to remove the drawing immediately. Padegs calmly replied if he had a document that would allow him to make such an order. No. While the policeman went to fetch it, many people had gathered. Nevertheless this exhibition earned highly mixed reviews. -- source link
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