Exhibition ‘Landscapes from the Collection of the Lewben Art Foundation’ at M. Žilinskas Art Gallery, Kaunas

2017 03 23 — 2017 04 30
Author Echo Gone Wrong
Published in Events in Lithuania
Antanas Žmuidzinavičius. Approaching Evening Storm, 1937

Antanas Žmuidzinavičius. Approaching Evening Storm, 1937

On 23 March at 6 p.m. the exhibition “On the Road, at Home and in Dreams: Landscapes from the Collection of the Lewben Art Foundation“ will open at M. Žilinskas Art Gallery of M. K. Čiurlionis National Art Museum (Nepriklausomybės sq. 12, Kaunas).

The exhibition focuses on landscapes. According to the curator Ramutė Rachlevičiūtė, landscape is very popular genre in Lithuanian art. During the interwar period majority of painters were making landscapes and portraits. Landscapes were the place where the aspirations of artists and viewers reached the perfect harmony. Painted landscapes adorned private homes and outstanding artistic works eventually ended up in museum collections. “Not all artists were attracted by the allegoric, mythological or everyday genre, just like not every artist came to grips with figure compositions. It all led to a rather ambiguous situation where it seemed to be much easier to paint a landscape than to paint a figure. However, it must be admitted that an artist who was painting landscapes had to be both a talented painter and an exceptional landscapist” – says curator R. Rachlevičiūtė.

The exhibition presents more than 40 artists. Among them are the painters of broad panoramic views, such as Mstislavas Dobužinskis and Antanas Žmuidzinavičius, as well as painters of urban and industrial landscapes such as Igoris Piekuras, Jonas Švažas and Kostas Dereškevičius, and finally, postmodern painters, such as Artūras Raila, Ugnius Gelguda and Linas Jusionis. Spectators will also have the opportunity to assess how differently artists perceive landscape genre because the exhibition includes photographs by Vitas Luckus as well as painting by Algis Griškevičius, Linas Leonas Katinas, Antanas Martinaitis, Vygantas Paukštė, Audrius Puipa, Algis Skačkauskas, Justinas Vienožinskis and many others.

Organisers: Lewben Art Foundation, Lithuanian Expatriate Art Foundation
Partner – M. K. Čiurlionis National Museum of Art
Curator – dr Ramutė Rachlevičiūtė
Coordinators: Ugnė Bužinskaitė, Giedrė Marčiulaitė
Design – Vilius Dringelis

Sponsors: „Lewben Group“„Enercom Capital“„Strategy Labs“„Nordgain“, Živilė ir Jonas Garbaravičius
Media sponsors: artnews.lt„Echo Gone Wrong“

Exhibition will run until 30 April, 2017.