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Fragments of works from solo exhibitions of Aldona Keturakienė of last decade. Archive of Meno Parkas, photographer Airida Rekštytė.

Odyssey of love to ceramics. Story of ceramicist Aldona Keturakienė 2014-09-10

Kristina Budrytė-Genevičė

The recently interviewed ceramicist Prof. Aldona Keturakienė (b. 1945) may tell many memorable stories, which are met in literature more often than in real life, from any period of her life. As the artist told her biography coherently (from adventures at Ukmergė kindergarten, secondary school, family and starting to live on one’s own to independent choice of education and studies at various Lithuanian art institutions), in the article the entire period of younth and creative searches of the artist (in the period of 1961–1973) is reviewed.

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Théodhore Maurisset, “Daguerreotype Mania”, 1839, lithography.

The world on plate. Fight between photography and painting 2014-09-09

Marius Vyšniauskas

Photography calculates its second century of existence only but it has already become part of the world culture. It is interesting what attitudes prevailed at the time when this technology made its first steps and how this reflected in Lithuania. From views of war to artistically constructed images – photography became the sign of modern epoch which made an influence on many countries.

Unsuitable for biography – essays of Stasys Stacevičius “Milda will Heed” 2014-09-04

Simona Siderevičiūtė

What the pig of the 14th century is doing on the hill of the 21st century, why skulls of people were collected in the Soviet Army, how the crucifixion should be survived and many more interesting stories are told by the poet Stasys Stacevičius (1959–2012) in his first and last collection of essays "Milda supaisys" (“Milda will Heed”) published in 2013.

Painting of Antanas Andziulis. Summer of 2014 II.

Abstractions of photography and painting – in one rhythm 2014-09-04

Gabrielė Kuizinaitė

The exhibition of photography and painting abstractions “Rhythms” was open at Kaunas City Municipality Vincas Kudirka Public Library in August. The initiators of the exhibition were the art photographer Vilija Kailiūtė and painter Antanas Andziulis.

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Students’ Square planted with greenery, 1956. Photo by J.Kiškis, from archives of AUTC.lt

Biases of interwar city planning heritage 2014-08-21

Kastytis Rudokas

We are often misled by material artefacts of the past. The harmonious development of the city is always defined by the dichotomy of tradition versions novelty. Novelty should be introduced into tradition in time so that it could become tradition in its turn. It would be the logical change of the city organism.

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The plan of the main wing of the hospital was formed in the middle of the 19th century. Lukšionytė-Tolvaišienė Nijolė. Period of Goubernia in Kaunas Architecture. Kaunas. VDU Publishing House, 2001. p. 66.

“Stencil” of Kaunas War Hospital in context of Europe 2014-08-21

Eglė Aleknaitė

Wars among countries, nations and organizations that lasted for many centuries contributed to the development of architecture. Buildings of various purposes were needed by military institutions. War hospitals carried out one of the main functions. Not many military buildings stand out by the harmony of engineering construction and art. However, war hospitals are among such few buildings.

Simonas Čechavičius, “Self-portrait”, 1775. Rokiškis Regional Museum

Italy in life of Lithuanian painters 2014-08-18

Marius Vyšniauskas

When we speak about painting in Lithuania, first of all we mention Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis (1875 – 1911) and forget that the genesis of our art is much older and more colourful. Interesting stories may be found while making researches that may equal to the world history of art. Some Lithuanian painters are known not only in Lithuania but in the world too, they had a chance to “touch” the heritage of the great artists. And all of them are united by the cradle of art Italy.

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From the cycle "1933-2013"

Judita Budriūnaitė: “From pilot’s road where I live” 2014-08-12

Miglė Munderzbakaitė

The conversation with the artist J. Budriūnaitė is presented about the exhibition “From Pilots’ Road” displayed at Kaunas Picture Gallery presently, creative choices, new decisions, ideas, life in exhibitions as a group member and return in thoughts to the exhibition “Names of the Break Generation” of 2000.

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The book about the last Barbora 2014-08-07

Lina Klusaitė

The review of the book compiled by Svajūnas Sabaliauskas “Rūta Staliliūnaitė. I am Barbora. Recollections about the Queen of Stage” (Obuolys Publishing House) is presented. As the book consists of memories about the late actress, memories can hardly be reviewed, the author marks. And the book is as valuable as people who remember Rūta in their stories are interesting.

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Photo from the exhibition of Zinaida Dargienė ”Born from Dreams – Aborigenes” in Kaunas in 2011. Archive of the gallery Meno Parkas. Photo by Airida Rekštytė

Three starting sentences. About the artist Zinaida Dargienė 2014-07-22

Kristina Budrytė-Genevičė

The majority of texts are exceptionally about the artist’s aims and works, while usually they do not speak about the daily life of the artist and her path to textile. Therefore, the conversations of the author with the textile artist Zinaida Dargienė were different. Some sentences from the artist's CV turned into a lively story without ending with the charm of coincidence and thoughts about fate.

Photograph from the exhibition of R.Plungė “Motif of Bergen”. Author’s archives

Being there and here, or a trip to Bergen of Rimantas Plungė 2014-07-17

Remigijus Venckus

R.Plungė offers to move and stop, to be here (in own reality) and there (in exotic trip). The artist shows that photography is an alchemically functioning dérive instrument.

Augusto Ferrer - Dalmau, ”Agustina de Aragon”, 2012

Proud amazons in the war field 2014-07-15

Actions of women from the times of the British queen Boudica († 60 or 61 AD), who fought against Ancient Rome, to the personality of Jane of Arc (1412 – 1431) were interpreted diversely. Female soldiers could be traced in the campaign of Napoleon, in the Civil War of America, the War of Crimea and in other historical events. They did not always hide their names under male tunics.

About postmodern phenomena of classics 2014-07-09

Mindaugas Grigaitis, Simona Siderevičiūtė, Rūta Macionytė, Loreta Varaniūtė

The title of the most creative book was granted to “Lives of Saints” (“Šventųjų gyvenimai“) of Romualdas Granauskas in 2013 for the most solid characters, who surprised by contemporary man by the principle of special harmony. The success of the writer encouraged the group of literature critics Žirklionis to analyse the later works of R.Granauskas and the changes that may be noticed in them.

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Donatas Stankevičius. “Reselling”

“Reselling” on both sides of gallery walls 2014-07-07

Tomas Pabedinskas

Art which does not create any material product but only new meanings or circumstances of different realisation of art is not a novelty today. Similar aims define the idea of the project “Reselling” implemented by Donatas Stankevičius.

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Valmantas Gutauskas “The Best”, fragment, 2014

“Vitrum Balticum VI. Optical Outlook” – optical manipulations of glass art 2014-07-02

Evelina Januškaitė

The exposition of “Vitrum Balticum VI. Optical Outlook” revealed the dual interpretation of the idea of the exhibition: the first emphasises its semantic meaning, the visualisation of the attitude as certain perspective of understanding, while the second one pays attention to the physical qualities of glass related with the creation of illusion and optics.

PUPA. Collective gardebs – model (urban)

Architect T.Jonauskis: Rotterdam Biennale enabled to explore and fantasize 2014-07-02

Monika Jašinskaitė

A Lithuanian project was presented for the first time in the International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam opened at the end of May. The idea “Revive the Collective Garden” was prepared by a team of young architects PUPA (Public Urbanism Personal Architecture), the nucleus of which is formed of Tadas Jonauskis and Justina Miliuotytė.

Kaukas Stairs. Photo by Austėja Masiokaitė

Waking up the sprite – conversation with townscape specialist V.Buinevičius 2014-07-01

Austėja Masiokaitė

Like a number of other objects located more remotely from the main streets of Kaunas, Kaukas Stairs leading up to Žaliakalnis quarter and the pool located on the hill near the stairs are quite forlorn and forgotten by the city inhabitants.Still, differently from other objects of similar fate, the space called by the name of Kaukas (sprite in English) is able to interest and charm even people who are too young to remember the beautiful times of Kaukas Stairs.

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Director Oskaras Koršunovas and writer, playwright Marius Ivaškevičius. Photo by Dmitrijus Matvejevas

Theatrical collage 2014-06-27

Dovilė Zelčiūtė

Extracts from mise-en-sc`enes of the performance of Oskaras Koršunovas “Banishment” staged according to the play of the playwright Marius Ivaškevičius are presented.

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Photo by Elena Zichon

Poetess Jurgita Jasponytė: “I am glad there are no creative writing schools in Lithuania” 2014-06-25

Jurga Tumasonytė

During the meeting with the young poetess Jurgita Jasponytė, the author of the article speaks about the poetess's childhood experiences that influenced poetry, motifs of folklore, old cultures, ethnography traced in texts of Jurgita. They speak about the poetry book which will be published this year in the series of the First Book.

Scene from the film "Nymphomaniac"

The great Dane retreats, or in search of lost orgasm 2014-06-19

Austėja Banytė

The ones who anticipate aesthetic or touching erotic scenes from the film “Nymphomaniac” will be frustrated – there are many of such scenes but they do not make one laugh, do not cause emotion or aesthetic admiration. Instead they make the viewer feel like in a surprising nightmare. If one decides to watch the film, he/she should anticipate a meeting with Lars von Trier himself and his problems.

Traveller, journalist Matas Šalčius and poet Rabindranat Tagore.

The Far East in the press and travel descriptions of interwar Lithuania 2014-06-16

Marius Vyšniauskas

Even though the biggest part of the press of interwar Lithuania was occupied with the war conflict of Japan, China and the USSR, some messages could be found from other states of the Far East, e.g. Korea, Indonesia, Siam (present Thailand), the Philippines, Burma (present Myanmar), India and other countries. When reading such messages, one may notice that the colonial Asia was falling apart.

“Cosmos +” = theatre + science 2014-06-13

Deimantė Dementavičiūtė-Stankuvienė

A special premiere was presented in Vilnius – the joint work of the Danish group Hotel Pro Forma and Lithuanian National Drama Theatre “Cosmos+”. The author has heard a lot about the Danish theatre Hotel Pro Forma and video recordings of its performance have left an impression on her. Also, the theme of cosmos explored in the performance intrigued due to the personal interest in secrets of cosmos. The exceptional cosmic reality was created on the stage by the founder of the theatre Hotel Pro Forma, director Kirsten Dehlholm.

Henrikas Čerapas “Love Garden of a Young Guitarist”, 2011-2012, canvas, oil, construction paint, printing paint, 330 x 540

Incogitable landscape 2014-06-12

Kristina Budrytė-Genevičė

The painter Henrikas Čerapas was one of the first artists who started destroying the view of the traditional still-life – aloe on windowsill. Gradually Čerapas changed sizes of paintings and plastic means, the development of a particular view and its disappearance up to infinity. People interested in art could observe this change in works of the artist in joint painting exhibitions of the group Angis. Today we see twelve paintings created by Henrikas Čerapas during the latter decade in his solo show “On One’s Own on the Road”.

Artūras Rimkevičius. “Death-Birth”, 2014

Optical bones. Conversation with glass artist Artūras Rimkevičius 2014-06-10

Ieva Vidutytė

Both renowned and young glass artists present their newest works in the exhibition Vitrum Balticum of this year. One of the artists is the well-known artist, lecturer of Kaunas College, J. Vienožinskis Art Faculty Artūras Rimkevičius. This year he presented a rather unusual work “Death-Birth”.

Managing secretary of the Lithuanian Association of Theatres for Children and Young People ASITEŽAS and actress of the troupe Teatriukas Dalia Mikoliūnaitė, president of the World Organisation of Theatres for Children and Young People Yvette Hardie and head of Stalo Teatras Saulė Degutytė

Theatre artists from the entire world searched for ways to “recoil on the audience” in Warsaw 2014-06-09

The 18th congress and festival of the International Association of Theaters for Children and Young People ASSITEJ took place in Warsaw on May 23–31. Impressions from the congress and thoughts about the international ASSITEJ festival which will be held in Kaunas in December are shared by the managing secretary of the Lithuanian Association of Theatres for Children and Young People ASITEŽAS and actress of the troupe Teatriukas Dalia Mikoliūnaitė and the head of Stalo Teatras Saulė Degutytė.

Fragment of the defensive wall of Kaunas city. R. M. 2014.

Between myth and reality: defensive walls of Kaunas city 2014-06-05

Rytis Mekiša

The construction of city walls became popular in the 12th-15th century. Defensive walls became an inseparable sign of an autonomic and flourishing city. Two cities which had or still have defensive walls are present in the present territory of Lithuania – it is Kaunas and Vilnius. The main theme of this article is the defensive walls of Kaunas city; therefore, reinforcements of Vilnius city are not be analysed more extensively in the article.

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Spektaklis "Kartu". D.Stankevičiaus nuotr.

Bitter yet Sweet. Together yet Apart 2014-05-30

Andrius Jevsejevas

A critical look at the latest performance “Kartu” (Lithuanian word meaning both “Together” and “Bitter”) by Artūras Areima in Kaunas National Drama Theater. The performance is based on Serhiy Zhadan's play “Depeche Mode”.

Jūratė Jarulytė. Juosta, 2001. Instaliacijos fragmentas, Elnių Slėnio pleneras, Joniškio raj.

Jūratė Jarulytė: to Go and to Discover 2014-05-26

Dovilė Stirbytė

Dovilė Stirbytė interviews the artist and traveler Jūratė Jarulytė on her creative projects, on migration and media, on people around the globe she met and on abandoned places she visited, and many other things.

Indraja Raudonikytė. "Tavo vaisiai"

Jazz and the Kitchen 2014-05-21

Eleonora Skaistgirytė

Interview with an artist Indraja Raudonikytė about her exhibition “Virtuvėje – tik merginos” (“Only Girls in the Kitchen”). What does the kitchen means to her – an artist, a mother and a businesswoman? How does she find the time to perform every role in her life?

Kauno šokio teatras "Aura". Deborah Light "Ieškojimų kabinetas"

Dance Inspired by Paleontology 2014-05-21

Monika Jarulytė

Author's reflection on dance performance “The Curio Cabinet” by Kaunas Dance Theater AURA from Museums Night (choreography by Deborah Light, dance performance by Gotautė Kalmatavičiūtė, Marius Pinigis, Andrius Stakelė and Solveiga Vasiliauskaitė).

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Gabrielle Neuhaus  „MOTERIS, NENORĖJUSI NUSILEISTI ANT ŽEMĖS“ (Izraelis)

4th “Monobaltija”: Attention Span Shrinking 2014-05-20

Lina Klusaitė

Overview of Kaunas biannual “Monobaltija” theater festival. This year the festival honored the memory of its founder, Stanislav Rubinov (1913-2013). 

V. Tamoševičiūtė. "Daily Rituals: to make a bed" in 9th Kaunas Biennial, 2013. Photo by Aurelija Taločkaitė

Artist V. Tamoševičiūtė: “Performance Happens Here and Now” 2014-05-19

Interview by Aušra Blinstrubaitė-Vasiliauskienė

In brief: Interview with one of the brains behind Kaunas festival “CREATurE Live Art” (May 29–June 1, performance art studies May 20–June 2) – performance artist Vaida Tamoševičiūtė. Vaida and Aušra talk about festival participants, schools of performance and interesting Lithuanian and foreign performance artists. 

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Soldiers of Central Government in North exhibition in 1927

News from China in Lithuanian interwar press 2014-05-13

Marius Vyšniauskas

The author of the article reviews what was interesting to Lithuanians of the interwar period in China focusing on events of 1926-1932, when the major political transformation of the country took place.

Exposition of G.Trimakas

Recreating photography: viewpoint of Gintautas Trimakas 2014-05-12

Tomas Pabedinskas

Kaunas Photography Gallery let in art which stepped outside borders of photography into its exposition space again. This time the programme of more traditional exhibitions was broken by the exhibition of Gintautas Trimakas “Silver Point Number (Meetings)”.

"Book about Flying"

Delicate encouragement to take off curtains 2014-05-09

Interlocutor Viktorija Ivanova

In the conversation about beauty, which may be read about in books and seen, the artist M. Jonutis states: “I am not a theoretician, I am a simple worker of art, I did not study any tendencies. There are some beautiful books, there are some beautiful people, and trees are all beautiful.”

How do we realise the sculptures of the Green Bridge in Vilnius? Does the pronounced word lead towards light or remains in twilight without aim?

Word. Light. Several ways of realising cultural heritage 2014-05-08

Kastytis Rudokas

The days have finally come to Lithuania when the popular mass media speaks about heritage refusing two aspects that existed before: the exaggerated importance of legal processes regarding heritage values and advertisement of various positive achievements.

What do you want to say by that?.. 2014-05-05

Miglė Munderzbakaitė

According to K.Šapoka, the title of the exhibition “Concerns and Expectations” is an ironic allusion to the artificial style of Soviet times. “We suggest to the viewer that he/she should not regard these works too seriously. Still, we turn back to the Soviet times not to dig in the waste yard of history but in order to pay attention to the Soviet times which continue until today."

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Nothing new under the sun 2014-04-29

Edmundas Saladžius

The anonymous author of Cohelet asserted that there was nothing new under the sun. The statement is solid as a rock, on which humanity builds and cherishes its fragile hopes and expectations throughout centuries.

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Raimondas Gailiūnas. "Watcher". Canvas, oil, 2013

Raimondas Gailiūnas: “One’s relation with the world may be presented only subjectively” 2014-04-28

Kristina Budrytė-Genevičė

April 25 of this year was very intensive to the painter Raimondas Gailiūnas (b. 1956). Used to his daily rhythm (painting in studio, family, work at art school), the artist who lives in Rokiškis presented all his works in three important events in half a day.

Paul Ilber. “Intimacy”, dir. Artūras Areima (VMU Theatre). Photo from the archive from the actor Vainius Sodeika

Lawyer of characters Vainius Sodeika: to win the viewer without a flip 2014-04-23

Monika Jašinskaitė

The list of clients of Vainius Sodeika (b. 1986) includes sellers of cars and drug dealers, children of asocial families and such personalities as Guillaume Apollinaire, Tyler Durden, Serhiy Zhadan, Aksentij Popryshchin, member of Nobel committee Kaare Sandegren, former prime minister of Lithuania Albertas Šimėnas and even Leonidas Donskis.

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Scene from the performance "Tribe". Dir. A.Jankevičius, National Kaunas Drama Theatre. Photo by Donatas Stankevičius

There will never be too much of love? 2014-04-18

Kristina Steiblytė

While watching both aforementioned performances, “Dance Helhi” and “Tribe”, the director A. Jankevičius started appearing as a contemporary Buddha who speaks about love and reconciliation with the world from the stage.

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Construction of Kaunas Christ’s Resurrection Church, 1st half of the 20th century

Three architectural giants of faith 2014-04-17

Marius Vyšniauskas

Speaking about Lithuania, two giant buildings which became the symbolical relics of our culture may be distinguished – St. Jesus Heart Church in Vilnius and the Christ’s Resurrection Church in Kaunas. The Christ’s Resurrection Church is located in Kaunas, it is the symbolic image of the city. After Lithuania regained its independence, Prof. priest Pranas Būčys (1872 – 1951) offered an idea to build a temple – a monument for independence in 1922.

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Project “Made Corrections”

On both sides of prison 2014-04-14

Tomas Pabedinskas

The project “Made Corrections” was born from the informal discussion of two British artists David Ellis and Dean Stalham about the self-awareness, identity, social status and possibilities to change of imprisoned people. Three years ago both artists decided that actions were more important than words.

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Prose writer Aleksandra Fomina. Photo from personal archive

Aleksandra Fomina: it seems indecent to speak about rejoicing things 2014-03-26

Jurga Tumasonytė

The author got acquainted with the prose writer Aleksandra Fomina closer on one summer Saturday, when they hitchhiked to the writers’ acquaintances hippies in the woods. The second book of Aleksandra “We were in the Island Yesterday” was published recently then and it came natural that the travellers spoke about literature and the feeling when you become a writer officially.

Gambling behind the glass 2014-03-24

Vaiva Rykštaitė

It seems that the participation of the film “The Gambler” of the director Ignas Jonynas in San Sebastian Film Festival is a greater event than the film itself. The film was selected by the director of the festival Jose Luis Rebordinos to the list of eight films which represent the festival.

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Jānis Balodis, Goda Dapšytė "Barricades" (dir. Valters Sīlis). Photo by D.Matvejev, LNDT

“Barricades” on powdery patriotic sand or why there is no Brecht and criticism there 2014-03-18

Lina Klusaitė

There are no doubts that the attempts of the managers of the Lithuanian National Drama Theatre to rally a team of young people ready to interpret events of January of 1991, which are important to the history of Lithuania and which have not yet been articulated in theatre, in an original manner is an important step on the Lithuanian stage.

I. Maldžiūnas. From the series LA MA YU RU. 2011

Layers of experiences: case of Jonas and Ignas Maldžiūnai 2014-03-17

Giedrė Legotaitė

The trip in the land of the Himalayas that lasted almost three months brought the father and son to the joint exhibition in which paintings of Jonas Maldžiūnas and photography of Ignas Maldžiūnas is displayed. The multi-layered concept of the trip is a vivid and open motif of the exhibition. Wanderings in India, Nepal, Kashmir Region resulted in manifold experiences of the artists.

Greta Grendaitė. From the series WAR TACTICS, photopolymer intaglio, aquarelle, 2010

Graphic artist Greta Grendaitė: to be a good egoist 2014-03-06

Prepared by Dovilė Stirbytė

G. Grendaitė is concerned about aspects of time and space, concepts of event and paradox, practice based on cooperation and interaction not only in creation but also in life. She frequently uses texts borrowed from various sources in her works, and they participate as equivalent components in the works: they coexist together and serve for the comprehensive disclosure of the idea.

“Hamlet is Dead. No Gravitation” (dir. Paulius Ignatavičius). Photo by D.Matvejevas

New Lithuanian direction searching for identity 2014-02-25

Andrius Jevsejevas

The biggest troubles of young Lithuanian theatre are directly related with the old problem of contemporary Lithuanian dramaturgy. There are almost no names of Lithuanian authors in creative biographies of the directors mentioned in the article. When the theatre feels the demand for personal, authentic stories speaking about the contemporary man who lives in this particular society, it will win: it will become more actual and original.

Residential House, Vytauto Ave., Kaunas

Expressive interwar architecture 2014-02-21

Marius Vyšniauskas

It should be emphasised that Kaunas experienced the real triumph of architecture in the interwar period. A big number of modern buildings appeared in the city in the interwar period, when it was the temporary capital of Lithuania. 10 581 buildings were constructed in Kaunas in 1918–1938. Neoclassicism and various free interpretations were the most popular.

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Winner of the competition Lina Jonikė and her work "Old Man I-II"

What artists spoke about in 2013 2014-02-19

Miglė Munderzbakaitė

The phrase of the competition organisers “All are accepted” makes it understandable to any visitor of the exhibition “The Best Artwork of the Year 2013” organised at Kaunas Picture Gallery that there are no criteria – one theme or idea, concept, performance technique or any other frames that artists should lean upon. The only condition for the participants is that the artwork should be created in 2013.

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Elena with the Shrove Tuesday mask created by her

New page in Kaunas art history – book about artist Elena Jakutytė 2014-02-17

Rasa Andriušytė

Kristina Budrytė-Genevičė collected factual data about the artist Elena Jakutytė from archives, spoke with friends of the artist and established relations with her relatives in Australia. The road of the artist’s life was restored on the basis of the collected facts. The story presented by Genevičė is consistent, chronological, there is almost no space for wide interpretations in it.

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E.Vėlyvis “Redirected”. Photos from the filming site (photos by Paulius Makauskas)

“Redirected” and Lithuania of Vėlyvis 2014-02-04

Maksim Ivanov

“Redirected” of Emilis Vėlyvis is not only a film but also a socio-cultural phenomenon that magnetises a big number of problems important to Lithuanian film culture and the public. We should speak about them, be interested in them and analyse them, or otherwise we risk to miss things that are happening now.

Breslaujos Str. 1. Photo by Eglė Aleknaitė

Vanishing wooden Kaunas: case of Higher Šančiai in Kaunas 2013-12-12

Rytis Mekiša

Looking at the collected information, it may be asserted that there is some well maintained and tidied wooden architecture not only in Žaliakalnis, Panemunė, but also in the Higher Šančiai quarter in Kaunas. Of course, the examples of untidy, poorly maintained or completely unattended wooden houses prevail in the analysed territory, but their presence does not devalue the perfectly maintained wooden houses; on the contrary, such houses gain more significance in such a background.

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Unity Square in Kaunas. Photo by Erikas Ovčarenko, from www.15min.lt

Community in Lithuanian city. Mission impossible? 2013-12-11

Monika Jašinskaitė

The huge disjuncture of inhabitants of Lithuanian cities is felt in each square meter of the city. What is the role of architecture in this situation? Does it decrease or increase this disjuncture? Can it serve as an element uniting the society and what should be changed for this to happen?

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Performance of J.Skuratova “Music Box”. Photo by D.Matvejevas

Julija Skuratova and Algirdas Mikutis: about themselves at Lėlė Theatre and themselves with puppets 2013-12-09

Interlocutor and compiler Viktorija Ivanova

This autumn Vilnius Lėlė Theatre celebrated its 55th anniversary, and on this occasion a publication was prepared with sketches of performances, photographs and thoughts of artists who created at the theatre. Extracts from thoughts of Julija Skuratova and Algirdas Mikutis about themselves at Lėlė Theatre and themselves with puppets are shared with readers of kamane.lt.

The Beautiful Mother of Love with Child, the Church of the Visitation of Virgin Mary, Pažaislis Monastery, Kaunas

Miraculous paintings of Kaunas 2013-12-09

Marius Vyšniauskas

Miraculous paintings located in Kaunas may be compared to paintings famous in the world boldly not only for their miracles but also for their mysterious authors.

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Lord and kerne / written by Aleksandras Gužutis. - 1893. - 72 p. Taken from http://www.epaveldas.lt/recordDescription/LNB/C1C1R0000109641

The case of national dramaturgy: myths and reality 2013-12-09

Andrius Jevsejevas

It is a paradox, but the tone and vocabulary of people speaking on the issue of the national dramaturgy did not change for almost eight decades.

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“The Marriage Bill”. Fanny (Justina Tomkutė) and Edward (Mindaugas Zimkus). Photo of Kaunas State Musical Theatre

Starting with wedding based on calculation, ending with sharing of legacy 2013-12-06

Rima Jūraitė

The rejoicing fact is that the repertoire of Kaunas State Musical Theatre replenishes with new stagings of operas every year. Still, these two operas in particular, “The Marriage Bill” and “Gianni Schicchi”, provoke a twofold evaluation.

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V. Gedgaudas, Stiprėjanti juoda (Black Getting Stronger), Vilnius: Homo Liber, 2013

What is stronger than black? 2013-12-06

Akvilė Rėklaitytė

The selection of poems of Valdas Gedgaudas “Stiprėjanti Juoda“ (Black Getting Stronger, Homo Liber, 2013) is reviewed in the article. The author was encouraged to find the book of V. Gedgaudas due to its juvenile and sentimental title. Is there nothing stronger than black when you are 51 years of age?

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Ramunė Staškevičiūtė. From family album (19x28, paper, pen)

Two painters who chose the line 2013-12-05

This autumn the works of the painters Aistė Juškevičiūtė and Ramunė Staškevičiūtė were displayed in the exhibition from the cycle “Duets” at Aukso Pjūvis gallery in Kaunas. Recent works of the artists show that diverse means of artistic expression and issues of self expression still remain the most important foundations of creation for them.

Writer and translator Vidas Morkūnas. Photo from personal archive

Writer Vidas Morkūnas: “I do not accept art that tries to hide decay” 2013-12-05

Interlocutor Jurga Tumasonytė

According to the writer and translator Vidas Morkūnas, the beauty of ugliness is close to him, but he tries to picture things that rot and decay in a beautiful manner. “I do not understand and accept art which tries to hide decay, cruelty, death so that the reader/viewer would not get scared and his/her mood would not be spoiled. In my opinion, art should make the man see everything – beautiful and ugly things, sad, tragic sides of life as they do exist, and there is beauty without ugliness,” V.Morkūnas asserts.

About personal perceptions while reading essays 2013-12-04

Mindaugas Grigaitis, Loreta Varaniūtė, Lina Staponaitė and Simona Siderevičiūtė

The discussion of members of the alternative active movement of literature Žirklionis Mindaugas Grigaitis, Loreta Varaniūtė, Lina Staponaitė and Simona Siderevičiūtė about essays in Lithuanian literature is presented in the article.

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Portraits of artists in memoirs 2013-12-04

Vilija Virkutytė

Memoirs are among the most popular literature genres of the last decade. Usually memoirs are written by artists, writers, public activists and politicians, famous people. Still, some memoirs appeared in Lithuanian literature the authors of which, writers and artists, concentrate not on themselves but on other personalities. The most vivid examples of such memoirs are “Egziliantės užrašai” (“Notes of Woman in Exile”) by Aušra Marija Sluckaitė-Jurašienė (2008) and “Nutolę balsai” (“Distant Voices”) of Audronė Girdzijauskaitė (2011).

"Dedication to a painting". Wood, plastic, lamps, cotton, flax. 2013. Photo by P. Ramanauskas

Povilas Ramanauskas: “Painting cannot die” 2013-12-03

Prepared by Gražina Montvidaitė. Project “Meetings in artists’ studios”

The young artist Povilas Ramanauskas walks in periphery of painting media and raises fundamental questions: what painting is and where its margins are? Painting is often the theme and the research object in works of the artist.

Tour in the Biennial along with Prof. Rasa Žukienė. Photo by Kristina Čižiūtė

Art works and events that stand out 2013-12-03

Kristina Budrytė-Genevičė

A person who decides to devote a day for a cultural walk in Kaunas may find many traditional exhibitions of good painting and sculpture in the city. Still, if he/she searched for interactive exhibitions or art actions where he/she would become a participant or co-author of artistic projects, he/she could frustrate – such events are rare.

Father of animation Vladislav Starevich

Insects as actors in 1910-2013: from animation of V.Starevich to photography of L.Jonaitis 2013-12-02

Miglė Munderzbakaitė

Cinema and photography are two different art kinds that have much in common. Two different artists, Vladislav Starevich and Lukas Jonaitis, were related by interest in entomology. V.Starevich was a famous filmmaker, father of stop-motion animation, author of many film scripts, actor. LJonaitis is a young photographer who has been creating macro photographs for some time and capturing representatives of insects and spiders’ world.

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First-year students of acting programme. From personal archive of Ina Pukelytė

Ina Pukelytė: “Craft is not enough for an actor” 2013-12-02

Interlocutor Monika Jašinskaitė

“Craft is not enough for an actor, he/she has to take interest what new happens, what experiments are made, how people go further. The spectator comes to look at a thinking actor, not only masterful. He/she is interested what an actor wants to say about life here and now or in future and not how he/she does it. The tradition of a live actor rather than functional is more significant,” the theatre critic I.Pukelytė states.

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Enrika Striogaitė. Photo by Rėjus Čemolonskas

Poetess Enrika Striogaitė: “I live trying to leave no trace” 2013-11-30

Interlocutor Jurga Tumasonytė

The author meets the poet, journalist and creator of documentaries Enrika Striogaitė all the time – in a cold cinema, behind plastic wine glasses in an exhibition, in a presentation of a book at the door, in an old manor. Being everywhere she still remains unseen.

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Vitas Luckus. Cover of album “Attitude to Old Photography”. 1986. Photographer’s archive (USA). Ownership of Tatjana Luckienė-Aldag

Attitude to Vitas Luckus 2013-11-20

Jurij Dobriakov

It is the author’s small hommage to the man whom he did not know personally but with whom he got acquainted closely through his own words. Going through pages of the book compiled by Margarita Matulytė and Tania Luckienė-Aldag and dedicated to the photographer Vitas Luckus and his works, the author could not get rid of the feeling that he recognised some of his contemporaries surrounding him. This hommage is indirectly addressed to them too.

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Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, Martha and Mary Magdalene, 1598, Detroit Art Institute, USA

Fashion of saints’ painting. Image of St. Casimir 2013-11-19

Marius Vyšniauskas

Images of saints have been of huge importance in the entire history of humanity. It was useful for the church to have and spread such portraits due to the fact that they encouraged people to follow the ideals, to believe that these personalities were direct messengers of God on earth. In the article the author presents how images of saints were painted in fact using portraits of various periods as examples. Also, he analyses portraits of the most important saint of Lithuania – Saint Casimir (1458 – 1484) and compares them to images of the French king, Saint Ludwig IX (1214 – 1270).

Painting by Aušra Andziulytė

Seeing differently 2013-11-15

Kristina Budrytė-Genevičė

The painting exhibition from the cycle ”Duets” of the sister and brother Aušra Andziulytė and Antanas Andziulis is open at Kaunas Aukso Pjūvis gallery until November 18. The article is the discussion about the works presented by the painters.

Programme Post Scriptum of the festival Gaida: musical theatre performance “Lost Time” directed by O.Koršunovas. Photo by Austėja Gudžiūnaitė (http://agudziunaitephotography.weebly.com)

No more nymphs 2013-11-13

Tautvydas Bajarkevičius

“Lost Time” was a time of intensive experience full of dynamically changing views, tonalities, metaphors and energy. Perhaps somebody was encouraged to search for the lost time along with Proust, perhaps someone will dip into thought about the river of time and Eliot’s desserts meditating traces of disappeared nymphs covered in sand. Others will remember the psychedelic grimaces of American Psycho and will meet them with an ironic smile in the mirror.

AVaspo. Photo of Darius Jurevičius

Melancholy: black bile or influential word 2013-11-12

Edvinas Grin

The joint project of the dance theatre AIROS, group of audiovisual poetry AVaspo and Kaunas Artists’ House, the sketch of the dance performance “Towers of Melancholy” will be presented in the Big Hall of Kaunas National Drama Theatre on November 14. Reflections about the creative process may be found in the interview with the choreographer of the performance Aira Naginevičiūtė and playwright, poetess, performed Gabrielė Labanauskaitė.

Puzzle of daily life 2013-11-11

Vilija Virkutytė

Aistė Kisarauskaitė is an artist, photographer who organises various exhibitions and contemporary art projects. The author has been publishing short prose works, articles and essays in weeklies Šiaurės Atėnai and Literatūra ir Menas since 2003. “39 Salto Mortale” is the first book of short prose works of A. Kisarauskaitė, and it participates in the Election of the Book of the Year 2013.

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Performance of A.Areima "The Cherry Orchard"

Selling the cherry orchard? 2013-11-02

Andrius Jevsejevas

The article is dedicated to the newest premiere of Kaunas National Drama Theatre, “The Cherry Orchard” directed by Artūras Areima according to Anton Chekhov. The author states that the performance “At Lower Depths” of Oskaras Koršunovas staged according to Maxim Gorky became a kind of key to understanding this performance. Still, this key did not justify all the inaccuracies, incoherence, obscure interpretations and other kind of faults of the director’s work.

Cover of the journal Cahiers du Cinéma

History of legendary film journal Cahiers du Cinéma. Notes taken down during the lecture of A.Schweitzer 2013-10-29

The notes were taken down by Deimantė Dementavičiūtė-Stankuvienė

The author of the film journal Cahiers du Cinéma, cinema critic Ariel Schweitzer presented the history of the publication at Kaunas International Film Festival. A. Schweitzer started writing for the journal in 2004 and became a member of the editors’ office committee several years ago.

Steven Kenny. "Magic Realism". From http://endicottstudio.typepad.com/

Manifestations of magic realism in novel of Elena Kurklietytė “Šešėlių Verpėja” 2013-10-28

Vilija Virkutytė

More and more works of literature are published recently that could be attributed to magic realism. Such works involve, provoke and surprise the reader by the harmony of antitheses. Manifestations of magic realism may be traced in the works of the Lithuanian journalist and writer Elena Kurklietytė. As for the magic realism, two of her novels “Lyla” (2004) and “Šešėlių verpėja” (2009) (“Spinner of Shadows”) should be mentioned.

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Logo of Kaunas Photography Club

Kaunas Photography Club: group of enthusiasts that created history 2013-10-28

Tomas Pabedinskas

One of the roads that lead to the original Lithuanian school of photography started in Kaunas five decades ago. When the photo section that operated at the editors’ office of Kauno Tiesa newspaper stopped functioning, photographers of the city formed a Photography Club at Kaunas Culture Centre of Professional Unions.

Linas Blažiūnas “Moonlight in eyes of Owls”

Inexpedient supplement of Kaunas Biennial or its part? 2013-10-23

Miglė Munderzbakaitė

The segregated, outcasts or one of the composite parts of Kaunas Biennial Unitext? An equal exhibition, only in different space, or shadow of the grand competitive exhibition at M.Žilinskas Gallery? There are more questions that arise while visiting the young artists’ exhibition at Kaunas Picture Gallery…

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Marija Rudzinskaitė-Arcimavičienė, 1910-1915. M.K. Čiurlionis National Museum, Kaunas, Lithuania.

Pioneer of Egyptology M.Rudzinskaitė-Arcimavičienė. Signs of Egypt in Lithuanian art 2013-10-21

Marius Vyšniauskas

The contribution of Marija Rudzinskaitė-Arcimavičienė (1885 – 1941) into the forming Egyptology of Lithuania is rather marked. This scientist is often called “the pioneer of Egyptology” as she introduced the Eastern culture to Lithuanians in the 20th century. After her death no one appeared who could have continued the started work consistently. On the one hand this was determined by political circumstances, on another hand – by the lack of interest of the public.

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“Stray Dogs“. Dir. Tsai Ming-liang

All muses of Kaunas 2013-10-09

Goda Jurevičiūtė

Kaunas International Film Festival (KIFF) forms such a programme for the latter several years that is one step ahead of all other festivals trying to encompass the entire palette of cinema by the originality of its content. The author asserts this not due to the fact that she dislikes other festivals. Simply KIFF selects the boldest and most uncompromising films, the presentation of which means a big financial risk in the context of our festivals.

The last stop of the route – Žalgiris Arena

Route “Progressive Kaunas Architecture” 2013-10-08

Kastytis Rudokas

The excursion “Progressive Kaunas Architecture” was organised in Kaunas by scientists of the Architecture and City Planning Research Centre (AUTC) Dr. Vaidas Petrulis and post-graduate student Kastytis Rudokas on the last weekend of September. The excursion was attended by a big number of Kaunas inhabitants and guests of the city.

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A.Verba "Stories of Hundred-Year-Olds"

Meadows of VDFF 2013-10-08

Agnė Mackevičiūtė

The festival VDFF of this year offered a diverse programme of documentaries and granted an occasion to think about possibilities of documentary films in general. The author closes the festival with the film “Winter of Nomads” (dir. Hiver Nomade, Manuel von Stürler) in her thoughts. A silent and meditative trip of two Swiss men and 800 sheep reminded of walks from one screening of VDFF to another. Sheep are finally sold, films end, until the next year, most probably.

Margarita Matulytė, Nihil Obstat

To transform (oneself) 2013-10-07

Enthusiasts and masters of photography commemorated the birth centenary of Povilas Karpavičius (b. in 1909 in Tbilisi – d. in 1986 in Kaunas) in 2009, the exhibition “Maestro Povilas Karpavičius (1909–1986)” was organised in Riga and biggest Lithuanian towns. Many publications dedicated to the master appeared in the press and it was emphasised how important it was to restore history of Lithuanian photography in detail, without forgetting photographers who used non-standard techniques. Still, after the jubilee year the personality and works of P. Karpavičius was forgotten little by little again.

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A. Barzdukaitė – Vaitkūnienė. "A Gate among Arbors and Rainbow Clouds”, 2013

Aušra Vaitkūnienė: night and day 2013-10-07

Kristina Budrytė-Genevičė

This year was very creative for the painter Aušra Vaitkūnienė (b. 1962): the author organised four solo shows, received The Pollock-Krasner Foundation, INC stipend and is preparing the painting catalogue of the latter years. At the moment one of her exhibitions “Night and Day” is open in Kaunas, and this exposition should not remain unnoticed.

Performance "Box Melancolique“

Vita Mozūraitė: “The strongest dance troupe is in Kaunas” 2013-10-07

Monika Jašinskaitė

The international dance festival Aura'23 was organised in Kaunas on September 18-22. It was presented as a platform of African contemporary dance to the audience, although works of western troupes were also shown. As emotions faded away slightly after the festival, the dance critic Vita Mozūraitė was asked to review and comment the seen performances. The interlocutors could not distance from thoughts about the Lithuanian dance scene and the only Lithuanian dance theatre in the conversation.

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"Old man from Alytus", 1973

Romualdas Čarna: “Technique is only a possibility for expression of ideas” 2013-10-03

Prepared by Eglė Valionytė

Purity of idea, harmony, poetic flight and depth – these are the most important categories in creation of the graphic artist Romualdas Čarna. The endless layers of nature, culture and history are the sources of creation for the artist. Layers of music, poetry and theatre intertwine in graphic plates of R. Čarna. The most diverse types and characters: from mythical creatures to harlequins may be found in his works.

Vytautas Martinkus. Photo by Z.Baltrušis

Vytautas Martinkus: “We have to value the author” 2013-09-30

Interlocutor Vidmantas Kiaušas

The prose writer, academician, professor of the Lithuanian University of Education Vytautas Martinkus: "Writing requires internal concentration, searches, and all this may be performed only by a man, personality, his brain, imagination. Therefore, let’s not give creation to electronic world. (…) We should value the author. Who is alive. No matter that somebody says that he is “dead”.”

Poet and filmmaker Mekas in Kaunas. Photo by Milda Kiaušaitė

Odysseus never returned 2013-09-23

Ramūnas Čičelis

Speaking about the return, the poet denies all possible impications – it is not possible to return and to step to the same river twice. According to J. Mekas, Odysseus never returned home. On another hand, J. Mekas loves oxymorons: it is impossible to return physically but you can always return while creating - it is unavoidable. The majority of poetry and cinema works of J.Mekas are created on the basis of this assumption.

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Scene from the performance "Maja". Photo by D.Matvejevas

What’s new? 2013-09-12

Kristina Steiblytė

As it has already become usual at the Arts Printing House, the beginning of the new season is closely related with the new circus. The festival New Circus Weekend (like the Arts Printing House itself) promised exceptional experiences for admirers of untraditional stage art, like in previous years. The organisers stated boldly that this circus was not for children. However, the festival made one doubt this categorical statement as well as the novelty of the circus.

A place of watching firemen was constructed in the tower of the Town Hall in 1850. Postcard from the personal archive of A. Burkus

Kaunas before the fortification (facts and interesting details) 2013-09-10

Marius Vyšniauskas

Kaunas stood out by its history from ancient times in Lithuania. The king Henrikas Valua (1551-1589) called Kaunas the jewel of the Republic of Two Nations. In the middle of the 16th century – second half of the 17th century the period of its existence is called “Republic of Kaunas” – this reflects the municipality of the city, the quality of participation of inhabitants in the city life and management, which was strived for by other Lithuanian cities.

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Lorelei of perdition 2013-09-10

Interlocutor Rūta Šetikaitė

According to K.Navakas, the book "Lorelei" published as a selection of separate letters returns the forgotten feeling of a paper letter to us. “It is not the entity of content, idea or information, it is a thing one can keep at one’s bed, take it from the envelope, unfold and to read. A lovely and very necessary ritual.”

Art photographer Romualdas Rakauskas. Photo by Milda Kiaušaitė

Romualdas Rakauskas: “Your works reveal your inside” 2013-09-05

Interlocutor Vidmantas Kiaušas

The conversation with the art photographer Romualdas Rakauskas takes place during the European Basketball Championship. The photographer is a passionate admirer of basketball, he has issued two albums with Romualdas Požerskis “Men of Žalgiris” (1987) and “Legendary Men of Žalgiris” (2011). The artist is asked what team of Lithuanian photographers he would rally in order to play basketball.

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The cat that came 2013-09-02

Urtė Navalinskaitė

“The Cat I Needed” of S. Bernotaitė is a gloomy and grey novel at the first glance without a clear denouement. Still, it cannot be forgotten with time. It is not only about the internal change of one unhappy woman or about a painful family drama. It reminds that there are people whose fate was broken by the rotten Soviet system. It is a novel about stereotypes, searches of internal freedom and loneliness.

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About contemporary novels, romances, stories and prose crowns 2013-08-27

Mindaugas Grigaitis, Urtė Sakalytė, Loreta Varaniūtė, Simona Siderevičiūtė

In the discussion about literature the interlocutors analyse the interesting tendencies that may be observed in Lithuanian prose lately. Attention is drawn by the tendency to call genres by unusual labels. Another topic of discussion is the post-modern problem of transience and uncertainty of meaning.

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Art photographer Algimantas Aleksandravičius. Photo by Milda Kiaušaitė

Art photographer Algimantas Aleksandravičius: “I am the thief of souls” 2013-08-26

Interlocutor Vidmantas Kiaušas

The art photographer Algimantas Aleksandravičius is interviewed after viewing his newest exhibition “From Fado to…” (Vilnius, Prospekto gallery), in which faces of famous Lithuanian people and photo shots of various European cities may be seen. He was earlier announced the best portraitist of Europe (2003) and Baltic States (2011). In the interview the artist speaks about the creation of portraits, variety of his photographs, tendencies and change of photography today.

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V.Slendzinskis “Grandmother Threading a Needle”, 1860, LMA

Artist – rebel 2013-08-15

Marius Vyšniauskas

The Lithuanian artist Vincentas Leopoldas Slendzinskis (Wincenty Leopold Sleńdziński, 1837–1909 in Polish) is known rather well among art historians; still, there are not many publications dedicated to his life and work in historiography.

First two pages of Vilniaus Šiokiadieniai publication. Reproductions by Paulius Balčytis, photographed from the issue that belongs to Vilnius University Library

About Lithuanian photography of the seventh decade 2013-08-02

Maksim Ivanov

The evaluations of Lithuanian photography discussed by the author may be distributed to two groups: interpretation of Lithuanian photography as a form of certain resistance to social realism versus interpretation of Lithuanian photography as one of the forms of social realism. In fact, the question regarding the conformism of Sutkus, Rakauskas and their colleagues is raised.

NEW EMIGRATION/ THE ABANDONED, 2012-2013. Sandpaper, sewing, embroidery, original technique. Photo by Renata Vinckevičiūtė.

Fake realities of Renata Vinckevičiūtė 2013-07-31

Interlocutor Dovilė Stirbytė

The works of R. Vinckevičiūtė are psychological zones by which she aims to mislead the viewer, his/her seeing and understanding, encourages him/her to doubt the reality of the surrounding world. Visitors of the recent art fair ArtVilnius‘2013 who saw the installation of R. Vinckevičiūtė “Soviet Romanticism” could testify this.

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