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In brief: The architect R. Palys expresses his concern about processes taking in Kaunas during the latter years – public spaces are thoughtlessly destroyed and used for construction for pragmatic purposes. They are taken away from the society, and the image of Kaunas as an attractive city is being degraded.
“Interior in a Forlorn Garden” was created in Margionys. It is interesting and new that Arūnas painted such a large format in nature. The measurements of the painting are 195x135 cm. Arūnas was always concerned that the colour would not be formal or decorative in painting. He stressed that there exists a number of strange combinations of colours which you may not create while working in a studio. The painted motif may be found in the garden of our village.
A painter’s life may seem rather dull from the outside, reminding the existence of a loner. I am speaking not about artists who love Bohemian life who attract attention by refined speeches during evenings or who interest the audience by piquant episodes from their lives. Perhaps this is the moment artistic effect created by them.
I call the works painted by Arūnas in 2000-2003 existential – psychological works. He created some canvases intensively in Margionys during the summer and others – in winter at his workshop in Kaunas. He painted interiors with alters at St. George Church in Kaunas. Sacral interiors of the forlorn church are without a human-being. The being of him is only implicit. Another force reigns in majestic interiors – it leaves a trace through the intensity of a stroke or a stern selection of colours.
In brief: The composition of the duet seems intriguing: singer and clarinet player. The programme is eye-catching as well: only a few known surnames and much unheard contemporary vocal music. A real Klondike for artists searching for new experiences. The soprano Françoise Vanhecke and clarinet player Stephan Vermeersch presented a varied programme in the first part of the concert showing the most diverse possibilities of voice and clarinet timbers combinations. The performers played together and separately using their voices, bas and simple clarinets, drums, and even air balloons for expression.
In brief: The symphony of Daiva Rokaitė-Dženkaitienė “Stone of Heaven” demanded the greatest concentration of the audience. The author found interesting colours of the orchestra. The symphony itself is like two large dynamic waves with coda returning the listener to the peaceful sound environment suitable for thoughts. Every listener could interpret the philosophical ideas, which have inspired the work, in his/her own manner without relating them with particular objects.
In brief: If literature interesting only to few is funded and the LWU Kaunas Branch avoids answering “why”, it is possible to assert that literature has appeared in the clawsof bureaucrats’ lawlessness, as decisions are based not on the quality of works but on the ideology and interests of the people managing LWR branches. The author wonders whether the tradition of bureaucratic violence against literature is alive in the entire Lithuanian Writers’ Union. Thus, the author of Kamanė is going to continue the research, as it seems meanwhile that one branch of the LWU really reminds of a structure reproducing budget money into waste-paper.
In brief: We live in a complicated period when art as expression and way of thinking is pushed out to the outskirts of life. The situation has been determined by economic factors, financial groups and their indifference towards art. Being a graphic, the author may not disassociate from public and political phenomena taking place in the society. The graphic is primarily interested in principles of visual arts modelling.
In brief: Who is the main character of the opera “Barber of Seville” by Gioachino Rossini? Figaro, Rosina, or Count Almaviva perhaps? One may make a mistake here. The audience of the newest premiere of Kaunas Musical Theatre was almost sure that the silent servant of Doctor Bartolo Ambrogio attracted attention the most.
