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If only you could meet the people I have. See the things I have witnessed. I’ve walked some of the toughest streets around the world and have left screaming at the injustice. It motivates me to do more. My simple hope is that every time I take out my camera I am lucky enough to shoot a frame that ultimately has the power to influence. To change perceptions. To make the viewer care enough to want to know and do more. 3
If only you could meet the people I have. See the things I have witnessed. I’ve walked some of the toughest streets around the world and have left screaming at the injustice. It motivates me to do more. My simple hope is that every time I take out my camera I am lucky enough to shoot a frame that ultimately has the power to influence. To change perceptions. To make the viewer care enough to want to know and do more.
The history of a human-being is also art history. Art is a big and formidable power that has always been used by forces trying to make impact to the control of the world. It was always attempted to bind the most talented artists by privileges and to ensure their loyalty to their patrons in this way; then the art process could become controllable. 9
The history of a human-being is also art history. Art is a big and formidable power that has always been used by forces trying to make impact to the control of the world. It was always attempted to bind the most talented artists by privileges and to ensure their loyalty to their patrons in this way; then the art process could become controllable.
One of the most colourful art events in autumn Kaunas is the selective-competitive exhibition “Connections” of the fourth international watercolour biennial Baltic Bridges. Artists of various art fields have been invited to experiment and look for connections of watercolour with other techniques. Exhibitions (competitive, satellite group and solo exhibitions) were accompanied by master classes and the international conference that researched tendencies and actualities of contemporary watercolour.
Speaking about tradition and experiments, the artist B.Sarapienė tells that traditions are very dear to her and that she would not like them to disappear. “I believe experiments will end soon and we will return to classical things again. I love weaving tapestry, but there are no orders now. When the system changed, nobody wanted tapestries any more, everybody demanded something new and fresh…” 5
Speaking about tradition and experiments, the artist B.Sarapienė tells that traditions are very dear to her and that she would not like them to disappear. “I believe experiments will end soon and we will return to classical things again. I love weaving tapestry, but there are no orders now. When the system changed, nobody wanted tapestries any more, everybody demanded something new and fresh…”
