Newest cartoon
Latvians are coming!
Idea: Aivars Čivželis (Čižiks), Gatis Šļūka
Animation: Gatis Šļūka
Sound Design: Aivars Čivželis (Čižiks), Gustavs Butelis (Gustavo)
Client: Gros Auto
Airplane
I made this animation with Photoshop and After Effects.
Sound design by Aivars Čivželis (Čižiks).
Cartoon exhibition in Sigulda
In this exhibition includes 60 of my cartoons, which were created over the last couple of years.
Exhibition World Press Cartoon 2010
400 works (three my cartoons also between them) were selected for the World Press Cartoon Sintra 2010 Exhibition. The exhibition is open to the public until the 29th of August in the Sintra Museum of Modern Art (Tuesday to Sunday, between 10 AM and 6 PM. Entrance is free.”In the World Press Cartoon 2010 a number of themes are naturally assessed, as the Barack Obama Nobel Prize and the death of Michael Jackson” highlights the salon director António Antunes. The number and the quality of the submitted works for competition is increasing every edition. The jury of this edition analyzed a total of 878 drawings of 429 authors, of 77 nationalities, published in 401 newspapers of 51 countries.
I’m Voting For Maizitis
15.04.2010 Riga – Latvian lawmakers unexpectedly blocked the reinstatement of General Prosecutor Janis Maizitis, throwing a huge question mark over the future of both the prosecutor’s and the office’s anti-corruption efforts.
Forty-seven deputies voted Thursday against Maizitis’ third term in the post, while 45 voted for and two ballots were declared invalid. The ballot was secret, so it is unclear who exactly voted against…
Exhibition History of State of Latvia in Cartoons
Till the end of January, In Museum of barricades of 1991 Kramu Street 3, Riga, can manage to see the exhibition History of State of Latvia in Cartoons. It is a traveling exhibition, which was previously exhibited at The Hague, Oulu, Gothenburg, Prague, and Ogre.
The exhibition encompasses Latvia’s history from its foundation in 1918 till modern times and highlights each decade’s most significant events as reflected in the cartoons published by the Latvian media of the respective period. This is an unusual and slightly ironic viewpoint of the history of the state and its political events through the perspective 38 Latvian artists and their 105 cartoons supplemented by interpretative informational material.
Cartoonale Brugge 2009 with theme “Crisis”
A selection of 49 cartoons can be seen from September 19 to October 14, 2009 in the Hall of Culture, Brugge and is open free daily from 10 to 17 hours.
Winners and the selected artists in Cartoonale Brugge 2009.
The virtual catalog can be viewed online.
The Last Match
On the 12th of September in Riga at Baltanakts the matchbox exhibition started with lots of visitors and will be open for more visitors to Lacplesu iela 37 until the 19th of September.
People from abroad may follow the exhibition right here and take a closer look at all the artworks on www.flickr.com/photos/thelastmatch
More information about exhibition thelastmatch.wordpress.com
Egypt
I made this animation with Photoshop and After Effects.
Sound design by Aivars Čivželis (Čižiks).
Ēģipte (Egypt) from Gatis Šļūka on Vimeo.