ONE DAY EXHIBITION: LOOPEHOLE SEND-OFF TO SEOUL

Artists: Kaspars Groševs, Karlīna Mežecka, Rūdolfs Štamers, Arnolds Andersons

Curated by: Žanete Liekīte

When: 05/08/2026, 18:00 – 21:00

Where: Krišjāņa Barona iela 30A, Centra rajons, Rīga, LV-1011, Latvia.

Ahead of the exhibition’s opening in September during Frieze Seoul, the team behind LOOPHOLE invites the public to Loophole Send-off to Seoul, a one-day exhibition and fundraising event. Taking place before the project travels to South Korea, where LOOPHOLE will open at the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (MMCA) Changdong in Seoul, the event offers an opportunity to directly support the exhibition through the purchase of artworks.

Works by Rūdolfs Štamers, Arnolds Andersons, Kaspars Groševs, and Karlīna Mežecka will be available during Loophole Send-off to Seoul.

LOOPHOLE brings together artists from Latvia, Lithuania, and South Korea. The title refers to those moments when the familiar route is no longer available and the only way forward is through another one. When the door is locked, you look for a window. If the window is locked too, you look for the ventilation shaft.  The exhibition explores loopholes not only in economic systems, but also in identity, the internet, sexuality, religion, social roles, and the everyday realities of artistic practice. At its centre is a site-specific installation by Latvian artist Rūdolfs Štamers, bringing together works by Arnolds Andersons (LV), Kaspars Groševs (LV), Īrisa Erbse (LV), Lee Eun-sol (KR), Dew Kim (KR), Karlīna Mežecka (LV), and Mykolas Valantinas (LT). Together, they create an immersive environment where different perspectives on adaptation, survival, and resistance intersect.

The exhibition LOOPHOLE is curated by Žanete Liekīte (LV) and Taeho Choi (KR).