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EXHIBITION
"20TH CENTURY LITHUANIAN TEXTILE ART" FROM THE LITHUANIAN ART
MUSEUM'S COLLECTIONS
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June – 4 September, 2011
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Piece of the
exhibition's invitation |
The
exhibition has been arranged from the Museum’s collection of
decorative textile of the 20th century. The exhibition begins
with thematic carpets of the forties waved using the Smyrna
knot. The then student Juozas Balčikonis after encouragement
from his teacher Liudas Truikys proposed his work “Rye Harvest“
(1947) to state exhibition. After being appreciated well in
Vilnius, the carpet has been brought to Moscow. In the Soviets
the quiet coloured “Rye Harvest“ stood up in a clear relief
against the majority of vivid southern carpets, however, it has
been awarded for its realistic image and with other best works
was included in the mobile exhibition which traveled across the
Soviet Union for several years.
In the sixties all the forms of applied art were seeking for
more modern stylized forms. Textile makers also acknowledged
this trend and started to experiment with new materials and
techniques. Fifteen years of accurate and demanding work on
classic carpet weaving technique gave a place to a long pile Rya
knotting which originated in Scandinavia. The new way appeared
to be suitable not only for soft floor carpets but also for
simpler poster like compositions.
The revival of tapestry weaving opened wider possibilities for
expression by allowing to use a variety of possibilities of
weaving factures, colors and images of such materials as wool,
flax and jute. Pastel wool carpets of R. Jasudytë (“Lithuanian
Girls”, 1968) are full of lyric nostalgia. Deep coloristic
layers of folk art lies in innovative compositions of ornamented
image created by M. Đimelis (“Building”, 1970).
In the exhibition one is also able to see examples of decorative
industrial weaving and variegation. Since the end of the fifties
not only patterns of carpets but also ones of curtains and
furniture were being created by certificated Lithuanian artists
in various manufactures of textile. Industrial fabrics had been
undergoing gradual changes, were becoming prettier, more modern.
It could be seen as a response to popular then slogan: “Art to
Home”.
Curator Nijolë Ţilinskienë |
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