The III Volume of the book “(In)dependent Contemporary Art Histories. Artist-run Initiatives in Lithuania 1980–2022” is published

2022-11-14

The book is published in cooperation with the Lithuanian Interdisciplinary Artists’ Association. Book’s compilers  LIAA member Vytautas Michelkevičius, Karolina Rybačiauskaitė, Kęstutis Šapoka.

This is the third attempt (1st volume of the book was published in 2011, the 2nd in 2014) to compile stories about the genesis and evolution of contemporary art in Lithuania from the period of cold 1980s, Revival (1987) and the restoration of Lithuania’s Independence (1990) to this day. History unfolds in the critical texts by art critics and artists themselves, as well as in first-hand accounts – conversations with the initiators of art events. Texts are accompanied by abundant visual evidence – the documentation of forty-two years’ worth of events and works of art. The book offers a captivating kaleidoscope of subjective stories about artists’ and curators’ initiatives in Vilnius and other cities in Lithuania as well as abroad.

Book excerpts:
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Conversations with artists, curators and art critics

Česlovas Lukenskas, Rūta Drabavičiūtė-Lukenskienė, Ramūnas Paniulaitis, Arūnas Kulikauskas, Aleksas Andriuškevičius, Darius Čiuta, Redas Diržys, Sigitas Krutulys, Benas Šarka, Juozas Milašius, Audrius Šimkūnas, Armantas Gečiauskas-Arma Agharta, Vita Zaman, Mantas Kazakevičius, Tomas Danilevičius, Reda Aurylaitė, Rolandas Marčius, Skaistė Marčienė, Ignas Gleixner, Saulius Paukštys, Rytis Bartkus, Stasys Banifacius Ieva, Inesa Brašiškė, Gerda Paliušytė, Lina Rukevičiūtė, Laurynas Skeisgiela, Milda Dainovskytė, Justina Zubaitė, Tomas Lučiūnas, Simonas Nekrošius, Živilė Lukšytė, Marius Juknevičius, Vilma Fiokla Kiurė, Aistė Kisarauskaitė, Aistė Ulubey, Kristina Savickienė, Robertas Narkus, Evelina Šimkutė, Juozas Laivys, Lina Praudzinskaitė, Jurgita Žvinklytė, Tomas Karklinis, Laura Garbštienė, Elena Juzulėnaitė, Stanislovas Tomas, Gintaras Čaikauskas, Sabina Daugėlienė, Margarita Kaučikaitė, Matas Šiupšinskas, Šarūnas Petrauskas, Svetlana Šuvajeva, Ilja Budraitskis, Vytautas Michelkevičius, Kęstutis Šapoka, Karolina Rybačiauskaitė.

Texts by

Lina Michelkevičė, Redas Diržys & Kęstutis Šapoka, Karolina Sadlauskaitė, Karolina Rybačiauskaitė, Jurij Dobriakov, Raimundas Eimontas, Laima Kreivytė, Artūras Raila

Publisher: MENE / LTMKS, Vilnius, 2022, 624 psl., in Lithuanian and English with index

Editors: Vytautas Michelkevičius, Karolina Rybačiauskaitė, Kęstutis Šapoka

Designer: Laura Grigaliūnaitė

Translators: Austėja Masliukaitė (conversations), Tomas Čiučelis (texts)

Lithuanian text editor: Dangė Vitkienė

Lithuanian text proofreader:  Asta Bartkevičiūtė

The project is funded by the Lithuanian Council for Culture

www.mene.lt