Katrīna Ģelze, “They come in peace”, 2022

200x133 cm
UV resistant Giclée on PVC.

We come in peace - a catchphrase used in sci-fi movies, when aliens arrive in a new world suggesting they come with good intentions. A sarcastic reference on Russias rhetoric when gathering all it’s army on February just before invading Ukraine.

PVC in a roll, without stretcher bars. 

Katrīna Ģelze studied at RDMV and LMA, worked as a photographer for Arterritory.com and at the Mākslai Vajag Telpu foundation. In 2015, during the Venice Biennale, she worked at the Latvian exhibition Ornamentalism. Currently working for the fashion brand One Wolf in social media marketing and as a photographer. In 2019, the debut solo exhibition Piespiedu Praats was held in the rock music bar Nemiers, returning to art as his main target occupation.