The exhibition
ArtVilnius '11 we decided to show artists who have gained a lot of Latvian art lovers and collectors' interest. They are painters -
Juris Zvirbulis (Latvia) and
Henrikas Natalevičius (Lithuania), photographers -
Vaclovas Straukas (Lithuania) and
Ulvis Albert (USA).
Presumably, the contradictory circumstances of the soviet time created preconditions of the appearance of the artist
Henrikas Natalevičius and
Juris Zvirbulis on the stage of art. The artist’s works contain the feeling of encoded
message or even enigma, that is especially charateristic for the
creative works of Eastern European rebels- noncomformists.
Vaclovas Straukas takes an
especially honoured position in Lithuanian photography. The exhibition
will display the photographs of the unique nature phenomena Curonian
Spit – the site of the artist’s long-term exploration and inspiration.
The sensitiveness and nuanced observation of nature of V. Straukas works
closely relate to the aesthetics of creative work of the well-known
American photographer Edward Weston and Ansel Adams.
US-based Latvian photographer
Ulvis Alberts as a photojournalist worked 15 years in Hollywood. His photographs,
including a pop music legends, actors and professional poker players in
the late 1970’s, have been published worldwide in magazines, newspapers,
books and as posters. In 1981, he published a fine art book Poker Face,
a study of big time card players in Las Vegas.
