{"id":24433,"date":"2025-11-03T10:27:17","date_gmt":"2025-11-03T08:27:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lndm.devmerit.com\/nacionaline-dailes-galerija\/renginiai\/new-exhibitions-at-the-national-gallery-of-art-of-the-lnma-invite-to-explore-the-links-between-landscapes-and-memory\/"},"modified":"2025-11-03T10:27:17","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T08:27:17","slug":"new-exhibitions-at-the-national-gallery-of-art-of-the-lnma-invite-to-explore-the-links-between-landscapes-and-memory","status":"publish","type":"renginys","link":"https:\/\/lndm.devmerit.com\/en\/national-gallery-of-art\/events\/new-exhibitions-at-the-national-gallery-of-art-of-the-lnma-invite-to-explore-the-links-between-landscapes-and-memory\/","title":{"rendered":"New exhibitions at the National Gallery of Art of the LNMA invite to explore the links between landscapes and memory\u00a0\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>At 6 pm 7 November the National Gallery of Art of the LNMA opens two new events, <\/strong><\/span>Shadows Leave Traces<\/i>, an international exhibition on the memory and imagination of the Northen landscape, and Claudia Heinermann\u2019s photography exhibit Siberian Exiles. Baltic Testimonies of Soviet Repression<\/i>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cNowadays, we perceive the Northen countries as our close allies with whom we share memories and the determination to ward off common threats. This kinship emerges also in the new exhibitions at the National Gallery of Art of the LNMA, which incite to rethink our relationship with the memory and the landscapes that shape it. The exhibition <\/span>Shadows Leave Traces<\/span><\/i> enlightens the viewer on the culture of the S\u00e1mi, Norway and Finland. It evokes memories of the Lithuanian travellers led to the Arctic by their thirst of knowledge \u2013 and of the deportees torn apart from their homeland by force. The sufferings of our compatriots in Siberia are also the subject matter of Claudia Heinermann\u2019s photographic narrative. Both events inspire to meditate on the power of memory in the nation\u2019s struggle for survival, the ability to create and cherish its culture even under the most hostile conditions,\u201d Dr Ar\u016bnas Gel\u016bnas, director general of the LNMA invites to see the exhibitions.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cA better understanding of the contemporary world depends also on a constant verification of our historical memory; we should engage in a critical dialogue with it, expand our field of vision and consider a variety of contexts. The parallels drawn between the Northen and Baltic experiences and visions at the exhibition opening at the National Gallery of Art is a unique opportunity to encounter some previously unseen artwork from contemporary artists and to revisit the legacy from the 20th century. It is a new step forward the artistic exchange takes in this region, and you are invited to become active witnesses of this process,\u201d says Dr Lolita Jablonskien\u0117, director of the National Gallery of Art. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The traces of artists, naturalists, travellers and deportees in the Northern landscape\u00a0\u00a0<\/h6>\n

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The exhibition <\/span>Shadows Leave Traces<\/span><\/i> invites to focus on the history and the present of the Northern, mostly Arctic, region. The exhibition sets the stage for the first-time exchange between the works of art, documentary and archival materials of the Lithuanian, Latvian and Estonian polar expeditions and the artwork by the S\u00e1mi, Finnish and Norwegian artists. Collectively, they present the image of the North as a place where the sense of home, cultural tensions and the preservation of identity are woven together.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe hope that this dialogue in reflection on our links in the present-day context of postcolonialism, changing climate, and the geopolitical competition will enhance the relevance of our cultural ties with the Northern region,\u201d Kotryna Markevi\u010di\u016bt\u0117 and Gabriel\u0117 Radzevi\u010di\u016bt\u0117, co-curators of the exhibition, share their expectations.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The North has left a deep imprint on the culture of Lithuania and the entire Baltic region. Artists, travellers, naturalists, and thinkers have journeyed to the Arctic, driven by curiosity and a search for identity. At the same time, centuries of Russian imperialist policy involved the inhabitants of our region into the colonization of the North. Particularly painful are the testimonies of Soviet repressions \u2013 deportations, imprisonments, forced labour, and military service in the Far North.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The exhibition features the artwork by 50 artists, among them, both, the classics and contemporary figures, such as <\/span>Antanas \u017dmuidzinavi\u010dius, Kristjan Raud, Kalervo Palsa, Viktorija Daniliauskait\u0117, Juozas Kazlauskas, A K Dolven, Kaljo P\u00f5llu, Outi Pieski, Marja Helander, Ruth Maclennan to mention some of them. On display are also works created particularly for this event. Ignas Krunglevi\u010dius, contemporary Oslo-based artist, will present his video <\/span>Surrogates<\/span><\/i>. Taking inspiration from his mother\u2019s memoirs of her childhood in deportation, he explores the non-linear ways of passing memories from generation to generation. The work has been shot in Lithuania and the Arctic of Norway. The Lithuanian artist R\u016bta Spelskyt\u0117 will present her new sculpture piece inspired by her voyage to Svaldbard, the north-most Norwegian archipelago.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Photography exhibition as a testimony of the Baltic countries\u2019 citizens of Soviet repression\u00a0\u00a0<\/h6>\n

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Siberian Exiles<\/span><\/i>, a concurrently opening exhibition by the artist of documentary photography Claudia Heinermann, tells the story of postwar exile of the Baltic citizens, tracing its identity shaping effect on the region. Germany-born, the Netherlands-based photographer explores the themes of military conflicts, genocides and their traumatising effect left on societies and individuals. She has been working for seven years on a photographic series \u2013 a narrative of the oppression of the Baltic countries under the Soviet Union. In the exhibition, eyewitnesses tell of the deportation of women and children, of the life in the Gulag camps, the organised resistance against the Soviet occupier, and the beginning of the Cold War. The artist herself had <\/span>followed in the footsteps of the deported Balts through the former Soviet Union, and her resulting work merges the eyewitnesses\u2019 photographic portraits and testimonials with pictures of everyday life, interiors, still lifes, and landscapes. The materials gathered from private photo albums and historical archives add deeper and enriching layers of memory to her pictorial narratives.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u202f\u2018No one has ever been convicted of the crimes against humanity the Soviets committed. This was openly discussed for the first time after the Soviet Union\u2019s dissolution. However, in Putin\u2019s russia, Stalin\u2019s past is again being brushed under the carpet. That is why it is so important to me to preserve the stories which were hidden from us behind the Iron Curtain, in order to contribute to a correct historiography,\u2019 says the photographer.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The opening of the exhibitions will be accompanied by events inviting to take a closer look at the North\u00a0\u00a0<\/h6>\n

A press conference will be held on the opening day, at 11 am 7 November, attended by the head of the National Gallery of Art of the LNMA, Dr L<\/span>olita Jablonskien\u0117, exhibition curators Kotryna Markevi\u010di\u016bt\u0117, Gabriel\u0117 Radzevi\u010di\u016bt\u0117, Dr Ieva Maz\u016brait\u0117-Novickien\u0117, artist Ignas Krunglevi\u010dius, photographer Claudia Heinermann.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Saturday, 8 November:<\/span><\/p>\n

At 3 pm \u2013\u00a0 tour of the <\/span>Siberian Exiles<\/span><\/i> with the artist photographer Claudia Heinermann\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

At 5 pm\u00a0 \u2013\u00a0 screening of <\/span>A Forest Tale<\/span><\/i>, 2021 and <\/span>All the Tears in the Sea<\/span><\/i>, 2024\u20132025 by Ruth Maclennan working from London and North Scotland and a meeting with\u00a0 the artist. Shot on different locations, the environs of russian Archangelsk and Svalbard, Norwegian archipelago, the films show the artist\u2019s consistent engagement with the Arctic region and its communities. With her focus on people and landscape,\u00a0 Maclennan records the irreversible shifts of the ecosystems, caused by the destructive consequences on the environmental crisis and geopolitical tensions, including the massive scale russian invasion of Ukraine.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Sunday, 9 November:<\/span><\/p>\n

At noon \u2013 tour of the <\/span>Shadows Leave Traces<\/span><\/i> guided by the curator Kotryna Markevi\u010di\u016bt\u0117\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

At 2 pm \u2013 tour of the <\/span>Shadows Leave Traces<\/span><\/i> guided by the curator Gabriel\u0117 Radzevi\u010di\u016bt\u0117\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Regular visitor ticket includes events, yet please prebook at<\/span>: <\/span>https:\/\/forms.office.com\/e\/4DaiVEfvEm<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Exhibitions will run through 8 February, 2026\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Exhibition <\/span><\/b>Shadows Leave Traces<\/span><\/i><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Curators: Kotryna Markevi\u010di\u016bt\u0117, Gabriel\u0117 Radzevi\u010di\u016bt\u0117<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Architect Povilas Marozas<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Graphic designer Ugn\u0117 Bal\u010di\u016bnait\u0117<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Coordinator Giedrius Gulbinas<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Producing architect Mindaugas Reklaitis<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Audiovisual technician Vytas Narbutas<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Copyeditor Audra Kairien\u0117<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Translators: Au\u0161ra Simanavi\u010di\u016bt\u0117, Emilija Ferdmanait\u0117<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Organiser: National Gallery of Art \/ Lithuanian National Museum of Art<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Project funded by: Culture Ministry of the Republic of Lithuania<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Sponsors: UAB Propeller, Exterus. Fundermax, OCA, Embassy of Finland in Lithuania, Royal Norwegian Embassy<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Media partners: LRT, JCDecaux Lietuva<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Exhibition <\/span><\/b>Siberian Exiles. Baltic Testimonies of Soviet Repression<\/span><\/i><\/b>.<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Curators: Frits Gierstberg, Ieva Maz\u016brait\u0117-Novickien\u0117\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Architect: Mindaugas Reklaitis\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Graphic design: Violeta Boskait\u0117\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Translator: Antanas Gailius\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u202fProject is financed by Culture Ministry of the Republic of Lithuania\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Supported by Goethe Institut Litauen,\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Netherlands Embassy to Lithuania,\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Exterus.Fundermax<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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