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Press Release

The Baltic Times

Skuc Gallery & P₇₄ Gallery

Ljubljana

August 31 – October 7, 2001

You are kindly invited to attend the opening of the exhibition on Friday, August 31 at 8 p.m. at P₇₄ Gallery and at 9 p.m. at Skuc Gallery.

The exhibition The Baltic Times primarily shown in the Museum of Contemporary Art – Zagreb in May 2001 presents artists and groups active in Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia today. The curators Branka Stipancic & Tihomir Milovac were concerned to present recent works and productions reflecting the radically changed positions of artists and the notion of art in these states after the fall of the Berlin wall followed by the independency of the Soviet reign. Being aware of the attempts of the series of mega-exhibitions organized from the early 1990s, trying to redefine the contemporary art of Europe, and the increasing attention towards the Baltic states in the international art world, the curators aim was not to “mount a show based on European cultural geography” but rather to create “a platform of sorts, a meeting point for a group of artists, curators, and critics who share similar professional and private experiences.” The exhibition includes works presented the very first time and works which have already been shown at prominent thematic shows and overview exhibitions of European art previously.

The Baltic Times presents works by:

ATG / Academic Training Group (Vilnius) - Eriks Bozis (Riga) - Kai Kaljo (Tallinn) - Ando Keskkula (Tallinn) - Ly Lestberg (Tallinn) - Gintaras Makarevicius (Vilnius) - Deimantas Narkevicius (Vilnius) - Marko Raat (Tallinn) - Arturas Raila (Vilnius) - Egle Rakauskaite (Vilnius) - Riga Dating Agency (Riga) - Ene-Liis Semper (Tallinn) - Olegs Tillbergs (Riga) - Jaan Toomik (Tallinn)

The Baltic Times exhibition is accompanied by a comprehensive bilingual (English/Croatian) catalogue of 150 pages in back & white and colour print, edited by the Museum of Contemporary Art – Zagreb. To introduce various aspects and approaches of Contemporary art in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania nine prominent curators and art critics: Helena Demakova, Anders Haerm, Sirje Helme, Lolita Jablonskiene, Raminta Jurenaite, Ants Juske, Solvita Krese, Anders Kreuger and Liutauras Psibilskis were asked to contribute with an essay. These texts are accompanied by short descriptions of the artists and their works presented in the show.

The catalogue The Baltic Times. Contemporary Art from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania is available for the prize of 2.500,- SIT / 13,- EURO (plus mailing costs). And could be ordered through the Skuc Gallery.

The Baltic Times was conceived by the Museum of Contemporary Art – Zagreb in collaboration with the Contemporary Art Information Center of the Lithuanian Art Museum, the Center for Contemporary Arts – Estonia, Skuc Gallery, and the Latvian Center for Contemporary Arts. The Baltic Times exhibition in Ljubljana was realized in collaboration with P₇₄ Gallery, Ljubljana.

For further information please, contact Gregor Podnar or Alenka Gregoric. phone: + (386)(1) 42 13 140.

 

The Baltic Times project was supported by:

Ministry of Culture, Republic of Slovenia, City of Ljubljana – Department of Culture and PCX - Computers

 

Skuc Gallery, Stari trg. 21, 1000 Ljubljana, Opening hours: Tues. – Sun. 12 a.m. – 8 p.m.. Closed Mon.

P₇₄ Gallery, Prusnikova 74, 1000 Ljubljana, Opening hours: Tues. – Fri. 4 p.m. – 8 p.m., Sat. 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. & by appointment, phone: +386 – 31 – 555 721

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