This week, the art and design gallery Part Time opened the exhibition Vacation by illustrator and artist Oskars Pavlovskis, which deals with the division of roles in the family and the relationship between father and child, as well as memories and their creation. Oskars creates his work using a variety of techniques, from digital drawings, three-dimensional modelling, and animation to felting. In the Nice Touch section, he talks about software, which he likens to a Swiss Army knife.
«Professionally, I work not only with illustration but also quite a lot with three-dimensional things in virtual environments. More than a decade ago, I deliberately stopped using commercial software and started looking for alternatives — that’s how I ended up with Blender. The transition process is always challenging, and habits are hard to change, but Blender has definitely become one of the coolest tools in my professional arsenal. It can be likened to a Swiss Army knife on steroids — there’s a lot more hidden in this little app than you might initially think. Not only can you model 3D objects and render beautiful pictures, but you can also animate, sculpt, simulate special effects, create 2D illustrations and animations, and edit video and audio. And it’s completely free. Additionally, if you know how to code, you can add your own features to this tool.»
Oskars Pavlovskis is a visual artist whose practice focuses on explorations of form and materiality. His artworks consciously balance between the qualities of professional visual art and pop culture. Oskars has participated in group exhibitions in Latvia, France, Slovenia, Serbia, Italy, the Netherlands, and Germany. His comics can be seen in publications like Kuš! (Latvia), Kuti (Finland), and Le Monde Diplomatique (Germany).
Together with artist Liene Pavlovska, Oskars is part of the art association Neatlaidība, and jointly they run the art and design gallery Part Time. Until June 21, the gallery is showing Oskar’s solo exhibition, Vacation, a personal reflection on his year and a half of parental leave.
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