At 6 pm Thursday, 24 November the exhibition of the 16th International Vilnius Painting Triennial ‘Nomadic Images’, organized by Lithuanian Artists’ Association, is opened in the Museum of Applied Art and Design (Arsenalo St 3A, Vilnius). Press conference will be held at 11 pm Thursday, 24 November in the Museum of Applied Art and Design. Chairwoman of Lithuanian Artists’ Association Edita Utarienė, triennial artistic director and international exhibition curator Linas Liandzbergis and art critic Kristina Stančienė will participate in the press conference.
International exhibition of the 16th International Vilnius Painting Triennial ‘Nomadic Images’ presents invited artists from Lithuania and other European countries. The organisers adapt the wandering world vision articulated by the thinkers Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari, in which reality is constantly changing, and is described using notions of the rhizome and the labyrinth, to the field of contemporary painting. In this way, we can understand forms of painterly expression as a potential infinity that can take various configurations, grow freely, and develop in any direction. Innovation in painting, and changes in forms of representation, format and materials, are emphasized.
Artists participating in the exhibition: Alma Heikkilä (FI), Andris Vītoliņš (LV), Bronius Gražys (LT), David Schnell (DE), Eberhard Havekost (DE), Ewa Juszkiewicz (PL), Gintaras Palemonas Janonis (LT), Jan Poupě (CZ), Jens Fänge (SE), Jolanta Kyzikaitė (LT), Jonas Gasiūnas (LT), Jonas Jurcikas (LT), Kristaps Ģelzis (LV), Kristi Kongi (EE), Konstantinas Gaitanži (LT), Laisvydė Šalčiūtė (LT), Linas Jusionis (LT), Markus Åkesson (SE), Merike Estna (EE), Mihkel Ilus (EE), Mircea Suciu (RO), Mykola Belous (UA), Pieter Vermeersch (BE), Ragna Bley (NO), Rafał Bujnowski (PL), Ramūnas Čeponis (LT), Tomek Baran (PL), Žygimantas Augustinas (LT).
Important part of the Triennial, the exhibition of paintings by 29 contemporary Lithuanian artists, chosen by a competition jury, is on show at the Kaunas Picture Gallery from 1 to 31 December.
Cechas Vilnius gallery (Vytenio St 6, Vilnius) is a guest participant in the 16th International Vilnius Painting Triennial with the exhibition ‘Almost reality’ by the Ukrainian painter Rustam Mirzoev (UA). Exhibition will show from 25 November until 1 Febuary 2017.
Curated international exhibition will be on show through December 31st.
International Vilnius Painting Triennial is a continuous event organized by the Lithuanian Artists’ Association every three years since 1969 and it has become one of the most important events in the Lithuanian art scene. The Triennial has been a professional reflection of the main directions and tendencies in the development of painting. It has acted as a mirror of contemporary painting, and predicted its future.
Organiser Lithuanian Artists’ Association
Triennial artistic director, exhibition curator Linas Liandzbergis
Sponsors: Lithuanian Council for Culture, Lithuanian Ministry of Culture, Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany, Lewben Art Foundation, Royal Norwegian Embassy
Partners: Lithuanian Art Museum, M.K. Čiurlionis National Museum of Art, Vilnius City Municipality, Kaunas City Municipality, Estonian Embassy, Polish Cultural Institute, Embassy of the Czech Republic in Vilnius, Cechas Vilnius gallery
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