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Nacionālā nostaļģija 20. gadsimta vidus un otrās puses latviešu vizuālajās mākslās: 19. gadsimta pūralāžu un sprēslīcu motīvi

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Sirica I., Sleikša S.

Makslas Vesture un Teorija

2025

vol. 29

26-42

The authors of this article gained experience about ethnographic dowry chests and distaffs from their previous research, allowing the identification of their forms and ornament in the mid- to late 20th century professional visual arts. The essay reveals their use in Latvian visual arts of the Soviet period. These so-called folk art motifs, whose origins date back to pre-Soviet definitions of Latvian cultural heritage, became visual embodiments of national nostalgia. In the Soviet period, when the state ideology tried to subject national cultures to socialist content, Latvian artists often chose a form of expression in which “national” was perceived as a legitimate reference to the past. The subject is interpreted from the Baltic post-colonial perspective, showing with the help of examples that national nostalgia was not just an individual feeling but also a collective mechanism for society to maintain its cultural identity. Interpretation of folk art in the second half of the 20th century was based on achievements of previous generations (Rihards Zariņš, Ernests Brastiņš and others). They influenced artists who included Latvian ethnographic heritage in their works. Also, ethnographic expeditions, museum collections and publications in periodicals that documented traditional Latvian folk art forms played a significant part in art-historical research. Artists used these resources for inspiration without clear references, activating the discourse of the Republic of Latvia about the ethnic Latvian cultural heritage in a contemporary form. In the context of Soviet modernisation, nostalgia also became a form of resistance – a silent but perceptible attempt at preserving the Latvian cultural code under a totalitarian regime.

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Nacionālā nostaļģija 20. gadsimta vidus un otrās puses latviešu vizuālajās mākslās: 19. gadsimta pūralāžu un sprēslīcu motīvi