Jews celebrate Pesach this week, so this part of Vilnius culture was not forgotten.
A photographer in Jerusalem learned to become invisible
“Jerusalem: Mea Shearim” exhibition of photographs by Gregory Kaplan was held at the Samuel Bak Museum. “The first time I visited Mea Shearim, an ultra-Orthodox neighborhood of Jerusalem, I felt as if I had entered a different world: in this civilization, which lives by its own rules, the boundaries of the present time dissolve. I shoot with Nikon, I’m a single photographer, my works are small stories that I hope are interesting not only to me.”
According to him, people’s characters and feelings emerge on the background of frozen time as a stage – characteristic of melodrama, and sometimes of comedy or tragedy. Strangers are not welcome on the streets of Mea Šearim, so the photographer sometimes has to become invisible.
“I fell in love with Gregory’s photographs as soon as I saw them: great composition, unexpected moments, special atmosphere, individual, sensitive look of the author. All this distinguishes these photographs from others, makes them valuable”, said the curator of the exhibition, artist Aleksandra Jacovskytė.
G. Kaplanas was born in 1952 in Vilnius, as he says, one of the most photogenic cities in the world. He dreamed of studying art history, but fate decided to become a civil engineer.
He now lives in Israel. For him, the promised land is an inspiring photographic object: colorful scenes, rich texture, unique light.
“The images of the Dead Sea, the Negev desert, and Jerusalem captured my imagination, I feel the need to take pictures constantly,” the artist admitted.
The Jubilee Enamel Biennale presents only masterpieces
Vilnius city gallery “Meno niša” invites everyone to admire the exposition of the tenth international Vilnius enamel art biennial “Vilnius 2024”. 38 invited authors from Japan, Estonia, Venezuela, France, Israel, Latvia, Lithuania and Georgia present more than 60 works made with various enameling techniques.
Vilnius Biennale of Enamel Art is the only biennial event dedicated to professional enamel art in the Baltic States. The main theme of this year’s biennale is “Masterpiece”. The curators of the Biennale are its founder jeweler Marytė Dominaitė and curator Dr. Jurgita Ludavičienė.
“Viewers will be able to see various ways of using enamel, compare the works of artists from different countries and see what masterpieces they have created. After all, enamel is combined with amber, precious stones, silver or gold leaf. It moves onto copper dishes and book covers, unexpectedly becomes a painting or three-dimensional sculpture, dazzles with colors and seduces with the subtlety of technique,” said J. Ludavičienė.
Visitors to the exhibition will also see the installation “Prince Gediminas’ Cloak”. Three hundred Vilnius residents and guests of the capital from six to eighty-six years of age participated in the project, who created a collective work from 700 enamel-coated copper plates.
Near Vilnius – ceramics and tapestries by M. Chagall and P. Picasso
The Museum of Applied Arts and Design has invited to the opening of two new exhibitions this week. In the exhibition “Chagall. Picasso. Ernst. Ceramics and tapestries” are presented by some of the most famous artists of the 20th century. ceramics of artists who shaped the development of art of the last century and tapestries woven according to their works. This exposition is accompanied by the exhibition of the works of the artist Darius Hecq-Cauquilo “Returning to the origins”.
“Marc Chagall, Pablo Picasso, Max Ernst – those artists who shaped the 20th century. art field. Their paintings and graphic works are well known to many, and to a lesser extent, the ceramics that diversify their exhibitions, but the tapestries woven according to the artists’ works are hardly seen,” said Vilma Gradinskaitė, curator of the exhibition.
The exhibition features twenty-three ceramics by M.Chagallo and P.Picasso and twelve tapestries woven by master Yvette Cauquil-Prince based on sketches by M.Chagallo, P.Picasso and M.Ernst.
Having settled on the French Riviera, where the ancient traditions of ancient ceramics lived, M. Chagall created more than 350 ceramic works. In the ceramics workshop, he often met another art celebrity – Mr. Picasso.
Both artists experimented, looked for unexpected color combinations, molded and decorated vases, plates, panels.
M. Chagall met the weaving master in the mid-1960s, and their creative collaboration lasted more than two decades.
Her son D. Hecq-Cauquil’s exhibition presents tapestries, compositions created from sawdust and oil paints on canvas, stone sculptures decorated with oil paints or wooden sculptures polished by sea waves.
The representative of the dynasty of artists opened the inner world
The first personal painting exhibition of the famous scenographer Marijaus Jacovskis was opened at the TSEKH gallery (Vytenio st. 6). By creating a collection of self-portraits, the author gave an opportunity to glimpse into his inner world.
Each painting reveals a different aspect of the self, from moments of vulnerability to strength and resilience. Such openness creates a deep connection between the artist and the viewer.
According to the curator of the exhibition Karolis Guž, self-portrait as an art form provides a unique opportunity to see the essence of the artist, to feel his emotions and his identity. By exploring the subtle nuances of expression and composition, the author invites you to think about the complex human experience and perhaps even discover the echoes of your life’s journey in the exhibited canvases.
Encountering the self-portraits of M. Jacovskis can become a very personal and unique experience, inviting you to reflect on the complex aspects of selfhood and human existence.
M. Jacovskis was born in 1972. In the family of Adam Jacovskis, a well-known painter and scenographer in Vilnius. in 1996 graduated from the Vilnius Academy of Arts (studied under his father).
Since 1991 worked in various Lithuanian and foreign theaters. He mostly collaborated with directors Anželika Cholina, Rim Tumin, Cezar Graužinis, Yana Ross.
His work in the theater in 2009 and 2014. to be evaluated with Golden Crosses of the Stage awards.
The artist still writes his war diary with pictures
“War colors. Pictures are my weapons. The truth that emanates from my inner depths”, confessed the artist Jurijs Grigorovičius. The exhibition of his paintings “War Diary” is exhibited in the Tuskulėnai Memorial Conference Hall (Žirmūnų St. 1F).
“When the war started, I didn’t know where I would end up with my family and how long we had left to live. Everything happened very quickly.
Within days we decided to stay and resist. Then I started painting pictures one by one every day and posting them on Facebook. This was my response to death.
A picture is Life. We believe in our Victory. Until I can convey in my work everything that happens around me, I will paint pictures. Glory to Ukraine!” – said the author while presenting the exhibition.
J. Grigorovičius was born in 1962. in Kostanay, Kazakhstan. Studied at art school in Izmail, Ukraine. After graduating from the State Institute of Cinematography in Moscow, he moved to Vilnius. Later he went to Ukraine and worked in Kiev.
The artist is a member of the Lithuanian Union of Cinematographers, who worked with directors Šarūnas Bartas, Audris Stonis, Audris Juzėnas and the late Mantas Kvedaravičius. in 2006 won an Emmy Award for Best Artist for Television, The Black Death, Leonardo da Vinci (dir. Rob Gardner). in 2016 he was awarded the Silver Crane for his work in the film “Mariupolis”.
Prepared by Rūta MIKŠIONIENĖ
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