EXHIBITION

LES AMBASSADEURS

11th october - 1st december 2024

LES AMBASSADEURS

As part of the Lithuanian Season in France, the Fondation Fiminco welcomes the Lithuanian National Museum of Art to its vast exhibition space with a group show of works from the collection and works by Lithuanian artists, revealing the contrasting reality of the contemporary Lithuanian art scene.

Aušra Trakšelytė and Monika Kalinauskaitė, the curators, propose the simple yet plural concept of vitality as a focus for reflection. Lithuania is culturally rooted in a resilient history, haunted by destruction and danger. Despite sometimes hostile environments and conditions, vital energy nevertheless takes over, fostering joy and closeness. The works in which we perceive this vital determination are designated as ambassadors of entropy.

They represent a force emerging from chaos and contradiction, a beauty that cannot be justified by pragmatic economic principles.
The exhibition presents a vibrant, diverse and rebellious Lithuania, a society that can be viewed from many angles simultaneously. Touching on a number of themes, the artists ask: how far do we really go in our determination to be on the side of the living?

With the artists:
Lina Lapelytė, Eglė Budvytytė, Anastasia Sosunova, Beatričė Mockevičiūtė, Gerda Paliušytė, Artūras Raila, Adomas Danusevičius, Karla Gruodis, Rute Merk, Mindaugas Lukošaitis, Rimaldas Vikšr

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