Christian LUTZ
Christian LUTZ
 The Tropical Gift, Nigeria
Eric LUSITO
Eric LUSITO
After the Wall, Mongolia 2008

Kaunas Photo 2011 Exhibitions

 
 
20 YEARS SINCE COLLAPSE OF SOVIET EMPIRE
 
Kaunas Photography Gallery (Rotušės sq. 1 / Vilniaus str. 2) presents the Winner of KAUNAS PHOTO STAR 2010 portfolio competition Eric Lusito (France) with exhibition " Traces of the Soviet Empire" / "Traces of the Soviet Empire". From August 23, 5 PM val. to September 11, 2011.

SARTAI, BEYOND HORSE RACES
 
Lithuanian Museum of Pharmacy and Medicine (Rotušės sq. 28) shows work by Klaudijus Driskius (Lithuania) “Close to Sartai” / “Arti Sartų”. From August 23, 6 PM to September 24, 2011.
 
 
TIME UP FOR SMALL SHOP...

Meno Parkas gallery (Rotušės sq. 27) hosts “Shutting Up Shop” by John Londei (UK)  about muesum-like small shops in England counting their days under conditions of global economy. From August 23, 6:30 PM to September 17, 2011.
 
 
ETERNAL QUEST
 
Gallery 101 (Laisvės al. 53) of Vytautas Magnus University welcomes an exhibition "Rewind" by Nina Korhonen, Finnish artist living in Sweden and travelling the world in quest of answers about her family and herself. From August 24, 5 PM  to September 2,  2011.
 
 
DILEMMA OF YOUNG LITHUANIANS: TAKE IT OF LEAVE IT ?
 
Art space of K.Donelaičio srt. 60 shows an exhibition "Take it or Leave it" of young Lithuanian photographers, all in their mid-twenties Mindaugas, Ažušilis, Eugenijus Barzdžius, Donatas Stankevičius, focusing on social insights of today’s youth in Lithuania. From August 24, 6 PM to September 22, 2011.
 
 
ESTONIANS DO DREAM
 
The historic Žaliakalnis funicular, marking its 80th anniversary this year, can take you from the centre of Kaunas to funicular’s upper station, where F Galerija (Aušros str. 6) is based and showing works of Märten Kross (Estonia) from series "Floating dreams". In the exhibition, dreams and material life seem to be naturally bound together by the proximity of the sea. From August 25, 5 PM to October 09, 2011.
 
 
WHAT HAPPENED TO AUSTRIA?..
 
The oldest art school in town, Kaunas College, J.Vienožinskis’ Art Faculty (A. Mackevičiaus str. 27). is hosting an exhibition of  Lois Hechenblaikner (Austria) "Off Piste. Alpine story", tracing the dramatic lifestyle transformations of the Alpine Austria, changing from rural areas to crowdy skiing resorts. From August 25 to September 30, 2011.
 
 
POLITITIANS OF THE WORLD MEET AT KAUNAS BOTANICAL GARDEN
 
Kaunas Botanical garden (Ž. E. Žilibero str. 6) shows an outdoor exhibiton in the park and  an indoor exhibitoon in the manor of Borut Peterlin (Slovenia) "Flower Power", in photographs of which real powers are given to the flora, leaving the rulers of this world in the backstage. From August  27, 12 AM (midday) to September 30, 2011.

 
NEW YORK “9/11” UNSEEN
 
Office of Pilotas.lt architecture portal (Kurpių str. 29) weclomes to exhibition “9/11 before an after. Pesonal stories” of Steve Hart, Brooklyn based photographer who was assigned by the New York Times to depict the 9/11 from Brooklyn side. The pictures were never published. In this exhibition they are accompanied by daily images of Brooklyn - New York snapshots before and after 9/11.  From August 26, 6 PM to September 30, 2011.
 
 
BLACK GOLD, BLACK CONTINENT, WHITE BUSINESS
 
Kaunas House of Artists (V.Putvinskio st. 56) is hosting an exhibition of Swiss photographer Christian Lutz "Tropical Gift" about the life of white people working in oil and gas business in Nigeria. From August 29, 5 PM to September 23.
 
 
"KAUNAS PHOTO" AS PART OF INTERIOR SPACE
 
Interior and design shop “Interjero erdvė” (Kuršių str. 7). invites to discover how works of photographers of Kaunas G.Česionis, M.Kavaliauskas, D.Kuzmickas and V.Pletkus look placed in the context of interior design. From September 09, 6 PM to October 09, 2011
 
 
FESTIVAL COLLECTION PREMIERE
 
Kaunas Castle encircles an exhibition of pieces from the growing collection of KAUNAS PHOTO festival. Kazimieras Linkevičius, Darius Kuzmickas, Ramūnas Danisevičius, Mindaugo Kavaliausko, Reiner Riedler (Austria), Graham Miller (Australia), Marco Ambrosi (Italy), André Wagner (Germany), Ernie Button (USA), Esteban Pastorino Diaz (Argentina), Fred Lebain (France), Michael Gray (Australia), Rafal Siderski (Poland) and other photographers will be represented by one picture. From August 23 to September 30, 2011.
 
 
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Festivalis / Festival
KAUNAS PHOTO 2011
4th Photography Night of August 26, 2011
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