Photo reportage from the exhibition ‘Torņkalns’ Drive’ by Ieva Putniņa at 427

Tina Turner’s “It’s simply the best” is playing from the next room. That is enough for Ieva to have woken up and already got out of bed! “Well, this magical day has begun!” Ieva with 5 camels and 3 blind people (the number of steps) reaches the coffee machine, which it turns out Zane and Putriņa have put there during the night, non-stop rummaging in the workshop and drinking coffee. “Heh, heh, that’s nothing,” thinks Ieva, “I can pour coffee beans into my mouth and chew them properly”.

And it’s done.

After drinking coffee, Ieva starts packing her jeep full of painting supplies and CDs. “You never know how long the road will be, it’s better to take more music,” Ieva thinks wisely.

After throwing only 2 circles around Torņkalns, Ieva realizes that everything is so abnormally beautiful, so she quickly turns the corner to the right, easily jumps over the curb and enters the nearby snake grove to paint.

This exhibition features paintings where the study of nature competes with the imagination.

– Margrieta Griestiņa

Exhibition title: Torņkalns’ Drive
Artist: Ieva Putniņa
427, Riga, Latvia
7/06 – 8/07/2023

Photography: Līga Spunde