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Lija Rage
Lija Rage’s Home (Threads of Memory)
uses color in an effort to recreate the per-
sonal. “The world has become smaller,” she
said of her work. “The whole civilized world
is connected and open. World culture
seems close and colorful to me due to its
diversity. I believe that modern world cul-
ture cannot be closed. Each of us grows up
from the culture we live in, through centu-
ries, which further on is subjected to other
impacts and becomes interwoven with the
world culture influences. Yet, everyone has
a home, where they come from or feel they
belong,” she observed. Her home, which
inspired this work, was a fishing village with
wooden houses and boats painted their spe-
cial gray by the sun and the salty sea.”
5lr.1 Home
mixed media, wooden sticks, linen and copper
75” x 71”, 2012
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