On 10 July 2026, the Liepāja Museum opened Māris Čačka’s solo exhibition Between Consciousness and Perception, presenting a new body of paintings together with a monumental mural created specifically for the museum space. The exhibition continues the artist’s exploration of abstraction as a visual language that invites personal experience rather than fixed interpretation.
Čačka approaches painting not as an image to be deciphered but as an encounter between the artwork and the viewer. The exhibition focuses on the moment between first impression and conscious interpretation. Transparent layers of colour, linear structures and surface textures create compositions that avoid definitive answers and encourage careful observation.
A central element of the exhibition is the large-scale mural LM, conceived especially for the architecture of the Liepāja Museum. Existing only for the duration of the exhibition, the work emphasizes the uniqueness of both place and time. Extending beyond the boundaries of the canvas, the mural integrates with the gallery space and becomes an essential part of the visitor’s experience.
In his artistic practice, Māris Čačka has developed a layered painterly language in which transparency, successive applications of colour, rhythm and texture play a defining role. Each work evolves through a gradual process of building, revealing and partially concealing previous layers, allowing the history of its making to remain visible. Rather than depicting reality, the artist is interested in the process of perception itself—the moment when what is seen becomes a personal experience.
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