Arthur Berzinsh Explained

Arthur Berzinsh

Arthur Berzinsh is a Latvian contemporary artist, painter, video artist and musician. He is best known for his neo-symbolist digital art, paintings and cover art for various books and music albums.

Biography

Arthur Berzinsh was born on April 20, 1983, in Riga, Latvia. In 2005, he entered the Latvian Academy of Arts,[1] Visual Communication Department,[2] where he obtained a bachelor's degree in 2009 and master's degree in 2012. In 2010, the website Weirdworm.com included him in its Top 10 of World's Weird Art of last 100 years.

In 2011 he became a member[3] of the Latvian Artists' Union.[4]

Since 2001, Berzinsh has participated in more than 50 exhibitions. In 2014, his painting Milk was included in the art collection of Luciano Benetton, "Imago Mundi".[5]

Solo exhibitions

Illustrator

Since 1998, Berzinsh illustrated several music CD covers. In 2015, he made the artwork for Hammer of the Witches album by the English extreme metal band Cradle of Filth. Berzinsh created book covers for several authors and Latvian editions of Stephen King,[10] [11] Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett,[12] Ursula K. Le Guin,[13] Patrick Rothfuss,[14] [15] Gregory David Roberts[16] and other authors.

Reception

Katrina Teivane-Korpa of Studija wrote: "Berzinsh’ creative work is characterized by a varied range of voluptuous erotica, intensified imagery, dreamlike scenes and decorativeness weighed down by visual metaphors and contrasts teetering on the edge of symbolism, postmodernism with its characteristic plundering of stylistic purity, citations and irony, and highlights the acutely romantic shadings typical of Gothic art."[17]

Berzinsh was criticized for promoting cannibalism after his live-streaming performance of Eschatology.[18]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: LMA . Lma.lv . 2016-03-10.
  2. Web site: vkn . Vkn.lv . 2016-03-10.
  3. Web site: LMS – Sabiedriskā labuma biedrība Latvijas Mākslinieku savienība . Biedri.lms.lv . 2016-03-10.
  4. Web site: Aktualitātes . Lms.lv . 2016-03-10.
  5. Web site: Imago Mundi . Imagomundiart.com . 2016-03-10.
  6. Web site: Artūrs Bērziņš. Tautiskais postromantisms :: KulturasDiena.lv . Diena.lv . 2016-03-10.
  7. Web site: Rīgā atklās provokatīvu mākslas darbu izstādi – DELFI . Delfi.lv . June 4, 2012 . 2016-03-10.
  8. Web site: Studija . Studija.lv . 2016-03-10.
  9. Web site: Artūra Bērziņa personālizstāde "Coca-Ine from LV" | Izklaide & Kultūra. Tvnet.lv . November 23, 2009. 2016-03-10.
  10. Book: Stīvens Kings . Zvaigzne ABC – Mirdzums . Zvaigzne.lv . 2016-03-13.
  11. Book: Stīvens Kings . Zvaigzne ABC – Kerija . Zvaigzne.lv . 2016-03-10.
  12. Book: Nīls Geimens, Terijs Prečets . Zvaigzne ABC – Labas zīmes . Zvaigzne.lv . 2016-03-10.
  13. Web site: Ursula K. Le Guin. Janis Roze – Tumsas kreisā roka . janisroze.lv . 2016-03-13.
  14. Web site: Patrick Rothfuss. Janis Roze – Veja vards . janisroze.lv . 2016-03-10.
  15. Book: Patrick Rothfuss. Zvaigzne ABC – Vieda vīra bailes . Zvaigzne.lv . 2016-03-10.
  16. Web site: Gregory David Roberts. Janis Roze – Šāntarāms . janisroze.lv . 2016-03-10.
  17. Web site: Studija . Studija.lv . 2016-03-10.
  18. Web site: Latvian Artist is Accused of Promoting Cannibalism After Facebook Live Stream of Controversial Performance. March 28, 2018.

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