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Zenta Dzividzinska’s self-portraits in the exhibition “We Don’t Do This. Intimacy, Norms and Fantasies in Baltic Art”
A selection of Zenta Dzividzinska’s self-portrait photographs from the 1960s are included in the exhibition “We Don’t Do This. Intimacy, Norms and Fantasies in Baltic Art,” curated by Inga Lāce, Adomas Narkevičius, and Rebeka Põldsam, on view at the MO Museum, Vilnius, Lithuania, March 9–September 8, 2024.
New research article by Līga Goldberga on Zenta Dzividzinska’s early photomontages
New research article on the origins and making of previously unpublished photomontages: Līga Goldberga, “Vienas fotogrāfijas stāsts: Zenta Dzividzinska” [The Story of One Photograph: Zenta Dzividzinska], FK Magazine, March 11, 2024
Photomontage works by Zenta Dzividzinska in exhibition "All’s Good Between Us"
The exhibition "All’s Good Between Us" was curated by Andra Silapētere and organized by the Latvian Centre for Contemporary Art (LCCA) in Riga, Latvia, from February 14 to March 31, 2024. [extended until April 4]
The legacy of Zenta Dzividzinska at the ASEEES annual conference in Philadelphia
The legacy of the artist and photographer Zenta Dzividzinska was discussed at the ASEEES (Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies) conference in Philadelphia, PA, on Saturday, December 2, 2023.
“Completing an Unfinished Sentence: On the Collaboration between Sophie Thun and the Archive of Zenta Dzividzinska"
For this catalogue essay, art historian Alise Tifentale revisited the collaboration between the artist Sophie Thun and the archive of Zenta Dzividzinska that began in 2021.
Exhibition “Don’t Cry! Feminist Perspectives in Latvian Art: 1965–2023”
Zenta Dzividzinska’s vintage prints are included in a group exhibition at the Latvian National Museum of Art, Riga, Latvia, on view from July 15 to October 15, 2023.
Archival Research at the Zenta Dzividzinska Collection at the National Library of Latvia
US-based art historian Maria Garth, a Ph.D. candidate in Art History at Rutgers University, visited the National Library of Latvia in April 2023 to view their collection of Zenta Dzividzinska’s photographic prints, negatives, publications, exhibition materials, handwritten notes, journals, and personal memorabilia.
“Caring for the Biography of an Archive” in BASEES Annual Conference 2023 in Glasgow
Art historian Liga Goldberga presents her ongoing work with Zenta Dzividzinska’s archive at the National Library of Latvia in the British Association for Slavonic and East European Studies (BASEES) conference.
"Intimacy and Darkness” in Zenta Dzividzinska’s photographs
One of Latvia’s foremost feminist scholars, Jana Kukaine, discusses Zenta Dzividzinska’s photographs in her latest article.
“With Zenta” in 20 Seconds magazine
“With Zenta” includes a new photo essay by Sophie Thun, based on photographic self-portraits of Zenta Dzividzinska (1944-2011), with text co-authored by Līga Goldberga. Print only!
“Sophie Thun Interprets Zenta Dzividzinska’s Negatives: A Case Study of Exploring and Re-evaluation of a Private Photo Archive”
New article by Alise Tifentale published in Mapping Methods and Materials: Photographic Heritage in Cultural and Art-historical Research. Proceedings of the National Library of Latvia 9 (XXIX) (2022): 254-274. Open access!
New scholarship on Zenta Dzividzinska by Maria Garth in Journal of Avant-Garde Studies
New article: Maria Garth, "Soviet Avant-Gardes and Socialist Realism. Women Photographers Bridging the Divide, 1930s-1960s," in Journal of Avant-Garde Studies, (2022) 1–33. Open access!
Zenta Dzividzinska’s images, interpreted by Sophie Thun, in Thun’s solo exhibition in Kunstverein Hildesheim
Sophie Thun, solo exhibition “Trails and Tributes,” curated by Christin Müller und Torsten Scheid at the Kunstverein Hildesheim, Germany, on view May 8 - July 17, 2022.
Frieze Magazine, May 2022: Artist Sophie Thun speaks about her experience of working with Zenta Dzividzinska’s archive
“‘I Don't Feel Guilt’: Sophie Thun and Julian Irlinger on the Photographic Archive.” Chloe Stead talks with the artists about their personal approaches to mining the past. Frieze Magazine, April 28, 2022 (online), Issue 227, May 2022 (print).
Prints by Zenta Dzividzinska in the new permanent display of postwar art at the Latvian National Museum of Art
The photography exhibition “12 Photographers / 125 Photographs / 10 Series” is curated by Elita Ansone and is on view February 19 - December 31, 2022.
Last series by Zenta Dzividzinska on view in Cēsis Concert Hall art gallery
Zenta Dzividzinska's last series Servitude (2002-2007), large-scale black-and-white photographs, are included in the exhibition “Sense of Home” at the art gallery of Cēsis Concert Hall, Cēsis, Latvia, February 5 - April 10, 2022.
Zenta Dzividzinska’s images, interpreted by Sophie Thun, in Thun’s solo exhibition in Vienna
Sophie Thun, solo exhibition “Merge Layers” featuring the archive of Zenta Dzividzinska at Sophie Tappeiner gallery, Vienna. January 13 - February 26 (extended until March 5), 2022.
Zenta Dzividzinska’s works in online version of exhibition “Communism Through the Lens”
View Zenta Dzividzinska’s works in the online version of exhibition “Communism Through the Lens: Everyday Life Captured by Women Photographers in the Dodge Collection” at the Zimmerli Art Museum, New Brunswick, NJ, USA. Find Dzividzinska’s works in the exhibition section “Gender and the Body.”
Juris Tifentals’ painting exhibited in Bauska
Exhibition “Artists. Bauska. Iecava. Rundāle. Vecumnieki” at the Bauska Museum, July 31 - September 12, 2021. By the Window (Grandmother’s Portrait) by Juris Tifentals is included in the exhibition.
Exhibition “I Don’t Remember a Thing: Entering the Elusive Estate of ZDZ” is open
In this exhibition, Vienna-based artist/photographer/darkroom technician Sophie Thun and archivist Liga Goldberga engage with the archive of Zenta Dzividzinska to produce new work. The exhibition is curated by Zane Onckule. It is on view at the Kim? Contemporary Art Center in Riga, Latvia, from July 15 to September 12, 2021.