Barbora Didžiokienė (1896—1976), In a pub of Kaunas. Caricature of Barbora Didžiokienė, Teona Herbačiauskienė and Olga Dubeneckienė-Kalpokienė. 1922. Tempera on paper, 27,5 x 36. Lithuanian Art Museum
The exhibition ‘Personal. Lithuanian Women’s Art 1918-1940’ commemorates the 80th anniversary of Lithuania’s first female group exhibition. This is the first comprehensive presentation of interwar Lithuania’s art by women, and an attempt to de-marginalise some personalities from the 1920s and 1930s whose intimate and often realistic work is nevertheless part of Lithuanian art history, reflecting the times and influencing their contemporaries. The exhibition is focused mainly on Lithuanian women’s art from the first half of the 20th century.
The exhibition presents paintings, sculptures and graphic works from the Lithuanian Golden Art Fund of the first half of the 20th century. Visitors will see creative work by little-known artists, as well as several pieces of ‘small’ art. Additional visual and textual material facilitates aesthetic perception, and provides guidelines for interpretation. The story of interwar women’s art is told here through individual exhibits, from national museums, the families of artists, and private collections.
Curator Ieva Burbaitė
Exhibition lenders: Kupiškio etnografijos muziejus, Lietuvos nacionalinė Martyno Mažvydo biblioteka, Lietuvos nacionalinis muziejus, Lietuvos teatro, muzikos ir kino muziejus, Maironio lietuvių literatūros muziejus, Nacionalinis M. K. Čiurlionio dailės muziejus, Šiaulių “Aušros” muziejus, Ukmergės kraštotyros muziejus, Valstybinis Vilniaus Gaono žydų muziejus, Vytauto Didžiojo karo muziejus, Ieva Burbaitė, Jonė Garmuvienė, Jaunius Gumbis, Darius Kontvainis, Eglė Lukėnaitė-Griciuvienė, Julija Lukėnienė, Vidmantas Martikonis, Aleksandra ir Aleksandras Orlovai, Rasa Ramanavičienė, Paulius Steponavičius, Rimtas Tarabilda, Rolandas Valiūnas
Architect Marija Repšytė
Designer Laura Grigaliūnaitė
Organizer: Nacionalinė dailės galerija, Lietuvos dailės muziejus
Sponsors: Lietuvos kultūros taryba, Lietuvos kultūros ministerija, UAB “Exterus”
Media sponsors: dienraštis “Lietuvos rytas” ir naujienų portalas lrytas.lt
