“Premonition” Akiko Iijima

The way a shop owner wraps a product. Soap deforms when touched by hands. Habits create something like a gesture, an imprint, a revelation. Can we call the doubts it expresses a work of art?

The exhibition will address the everyday landscape that exists independently of whether we aestheticize it or not. Viewers will be challenged to distinguish between an artwork and an anti-artwork.

Akiko Iijima (1994) is a Japanese artist. She graduated the Oil Painting Department of Tama University of the Arts, Tokyo (2017), and in 2018-2019 she furthered her knowledge in Nantes, France. In her practice, she often uses minimalist ready-made objects, as well as working with etherealism and elements of empty space, such as dust.

Curated by Liene Rumpe

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About the gallery

DOM is an independent artist-run space that opened its doors to the public in June 2021. It focuses on showcasing emerging and outsider artists from the local art scene, whose contemporary and often interdisciplinary practices are either under-recognized or largely unknown to the public. In addition, DOM collaborates with international artists and embraces diverse networking opportunities to explore various communities, subcultures, and perspectives.  

DOM team: Liene Rumpe, Ieva Viese, Elīna Salnāja, Lidija Zaneripa, Kristers Krūms and Einārs Stepko