Reviews

"Ernest is a unique phenomenon, artist - loner. He has mastered this stacked glass technique and has turned it into sculpture art. His works, without any discounts and conditions, can be accepted as sculptural works. These works are remarkably effective in the environment, as the material itself is visually highly vivid and powerful. Ernest perfectly knows how to use all these properties of the material. Besides, his glassworks are exceptionally durable, no special maintenance is required. 

 

Ernest as a sculptor is a lone wolf who does not belong to any herd and dedicates all his time to glass art in his workshop. This is what makes him unique and exotic. The advantage of Ernest is that he started practising this technique a long time ago. He works very consistently and, so to say, 'digs deep', and does not give up. It is for a reason. For the moment, it has seriously taken over all the visual plastic art. Ernest has also consulted me on this technique for my project, where glass plays an auxiliary function."

"Ernest Vitins's sculpture in glass is rather an unusual phenomenon in Latvian art,  visibly expanding the palette of materials traditionally used in sculpture and enriching the possibilities of visual plastic expression. Our sculptural experience is not vast in glass as a material for the tectonic structures in the design and plastic objects. Therefore, E. Vitins's path -from a simple memorial art object in the thesis of the Latvian Academy of Arts to a large-scale design object is a valuable proof of both technology development and proficiency.

Several artists have been into the use of similar technological solutions in the creation of glass objects in the world since the 1970s. However, the engagement of the young artist E. Vitins in the glass in a search for unlimited glass expansion possibilities as a modern sculptural material is considered a remarkable achievement. Using computer modelling, involving the possibilities of modern technologies to supplement the physical coloristic and refractive properties of glass with the possibilities provided by artificial light sources, E. Vitins's creativity proves constant growth as a seeking artist." 

“Ernest is the only person in Latvia who professionally devotes his full time developing technical and aesthetical aspects of glass stacking technique. All  glass art students study this technique during their first year at the academy, however only Ernest has taken it up as his main vocation. Besides, there are not many graduates who continue in their specialty, and even less who do it with any success. I love to see him actively engaged in the process of monumental glass art creation. My best wishes to Ernest, may he never loose his enthusiasm!”