Peteris Ciemitis showcases paintings and drawings from 2008-2021 in ‘The Past Stops Now’, works which highlight the recurrent themes that ruminate throughout his artistic practice. Utilising modes of portraiture, Ciemitis looks inwards to explore how people respond to the effects of social and technological shifts in life. He says, ‘My works don’t really deal with the outward effect of these changes. They try to examine our internal state, and our loss of connection with the past… even the recent past.’
Peteris Ciemitis, Age of Anxiety, 2013, pen and ink, 42 × 59cm. Courtesy the artist and Collie Art Gallery, Western Australia
Collie Art Gallery
8 May to 13 June 2021
Western Australia
