{"id":23837,"date":"2025-04-03T10:38:39","date_gmt":"2025-04-03T07:38:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lndm.devmerit.com\/leidinys\/the-worlds-of-jurgis-miksevicius\/"},"modified":"2025-04-03T10:38:39","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T07:38:39","slug":"the-worlds-of-jurgis-miksevicius","status":"publish","type":"leidinys","link":"https:\/\/lndm.devmerit.com\/en\/leidinys\/the-worlds-of-jurgis-miksevicius\/","title":{"rendered":"The Worlds of Jurgis Mik\u0161evi\u010dius"},"content":{"rendered":"

Publication released in Lithuanian and English<\/em><\/p>\n

The Worlds of Jurgis Mik\u0161evi\u010dius<\/em> is the first presentation on such a large scale of works in Lithuania by Jurgis Mik\u0161evi\u010dius (1923\u20132014), a Lithuanian-born artist who went on to work in Australia. Having been born in \u0160iauliai and raised in Kaunas, the commotion of World War II cast Mik\u0161evi\u010dius and his family to Germany where, coming to terms with his complicated fate, he completed his art studies, and then on to Australia where his creative powers were revealed most distinctly. The multifaceted work of Jurgis Mik\u0161evi\u010dius combines the painful experiences of war, his love for the Australian landscape, and his warm, sensitive affection for people. At the start of his career, his work was mostly influenced by French postimpressionist art and German expressionism, conveyed as intense emotional expression and bold colours. His later work was influenced more by studies in Eastern philosophy and his journeys to India. Buddhist practices strengthened the spiritual core of Mik\u0161evi\u010dius\u2019 work, steering him in the direction of meditation and philosophical contemplation. A retreat from public life turned out to be a determining factor in allowing the artist\u2019s creative legacy to remain within his family\u2019s environment. The exhibition and accompanying catalogue were based on a gift from the Mik\u0161evi\u010dius family to Lithuania: in 2023 they donated a collection of 77 of the artist\u2019s paintings and graphic art works to the Lithuanian National Museum of Art, along with part of his documentary archive.<\/p>\n

In addition to the catalogue editor\u2019s introductory article, exhibition texts, and lists of exhibitions and works, the publication also includes conversations with the artist that his daughter Carolyn had recorded over a period of several years. The artist\u2019s complicated life experiences are conveyed through his authentic manner of conversing, helping readers better understand his thinking, attitude towards art, to delve into the artist\u2019s rich, inner world, his life-wisdom, spirituality and human experience.<\/p>\n

Editor and author of the introductory article Regina Urbonien\u0117<\/p>\n

Text authors: Carolyn Leigh, Ilona Ma\u017eeikien\u0117,<\/p>\n

Regina Urbonien\u0117<\/p>\n

Copy editor Ilona \u010ciu\u017eauskait\u0117<\/p>\n

Translators: Irena Jomantien\u0117, Albina Strunga<\/p>\n

Designer Domantas Pigulevi\u010dius<\/p>\n

Photographer Antanas Luk\u0161\u0117nas<\/p>\n

Scanning: Vaidotas Auk\u0161taitis,<\/p>\n

Mindaugas \u010ceslikauskas, Gediminas Savickis<\/p>\n

Copies 400<\/p>\n

132 pages<\/p>\n

25 x 20 cm<\/p>\n

Regarding the purchase and shipping of the publication abroad, please contact us by e-mail\u00a0<\/i>leidyba@lndm.lt<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Publication released in Lithuanian and English The Worlds of Jurgis Mik\u0161evi\u010dius is the first presentation on such a large scale of works in Lithuania by Jurgis Mik\u0161evi\u010dius (1923\u20132014), a Lithuanian-born artist who went on to work in Australia. 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