During the opening weekend of Sekretiki: Digging Up Soviet Underground Culture, 1966–1985, curator Kaspars Vanags will conduct a tour of the exhibition for Museum visitors.
Kaspars Vanags: “The exhibition is not so much about the nature of specific mysteries but about the human inclination toward secrecy and ritualized forms of keeping and revealing secrets. Here, early works of Soviet conceptual art are displayed alongside archive materials documenting various countercultural movements and the mystical underground of esoteric circles. Their juxtaposition reveals the complex relationship between private and public which informed creativity and spiritual self-exploratory practices.”