BIENNIAL | ARCHIVES

„SOFT WORLD“, 2001
INTERNATIONAL TEXTILE EXHIBITION
August 31 – September 30, 2001
Kaunas, M. K. Ciurlionis National Art Museum, M. Zilinskas Art Gallery, Kaunas Picture gallery

Exhibition organizer:
Lithuanian Artists Assosiation, Kaunas Department

Curators:
Alge Gyliene, Snieguole Surbliene

Panel of Judges:
Chairman - Feliksas Jakubauskas
Members: Alge Gyliene, Egle Komkaite, Eugenijus Nalevaika, Ruta Pileckaite, Aldona Snitkuviene, Snieguole Surbliene

“Over 120 pieces of works from Lithuania , Latvia , Estonia , Norway , Sweden , Denmark , Germany , Belgium and Yugoslavia were presented for evaluation. Selected for the exhibition were 55 artists with 62 pieces. In selecting participants, the board sought to reveal variety of techniques and to satisfy the desire to enrich the exhibition by pieces from foreign collections. The main selection criteria were, of course, the quality and aesthetic power of the works. Most of the works selected did reflect the nerve and spirit of present time through universal forms of expression. The exhibition features diverse works, among them are pieces for decorating walls: traditional tapestries, works made by binding, felting and individual artists' techniques; three dimensional objects and conceptual works. The most abundant was the latter group of experimental art of unconventional materials made by innovative techniques, with less attention paid for precision. Such pieces, however, distinguish themselves through vivid sculptural form, refined plastic decisions or material aesthetics.” Snieguole Surbliene

Winners 2001:

First Grade Diploma Lina Jonikienė „Textile and Me“ (triptych). 2001.

Second Grade Diploma Eglė Ganda Bogdanienė „Is Teddy Bear safe?“. 2001.

Second Grade Diploma Barbara Abele „The Rain“. 2000.

Third Grade Diploma Ida Carolyn Helland-Hansen „Forget It“. 1999.

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Third Grade Diploma Monika Žaltauskaitė-Grašienė „Hairdo-2“. 2001

OTHER DIPLOMAS AND AWARDS:

Anne Mie Boonen „Only Water“. 1999.

Vita Gelūnienė „Two Bodies“. 2001.

Zita Inčirauskienė, Romualdas Inčirauskas „Genesis“. 2001.

Gražina Martinkevičiūtė „Through Fog“. 2001.

Laima Oržekauskienė „Body XXL“. 2000.

Loreta Švaikauskienė „Without the Titile“ (fragment). 2001.

Danutė Valentaitė „Summer. 3000 Little Suns“. 2001.

Participants:
Barbara Abele (Latvia); Raminta Baltrusyte (Lithuania); Henrika Bartkute (Lithuania); Aija Baumane (Latvia); Dina Baumane (Latvia); Sigita Blaziunaite (Lithuania), Egle Ganda Bogdaniene (Lithuania), Anne Mie Boone (Belgium), Anita Celma, (Latvia), Zinaida Irute Dargiene (Lithuania), Virginija Degeniene (Lithuania), Linda Dombrovska (Latvia), Marija Dudiene (Lithuania), Milda Dulkyte (Lithuania), Veronica Franca (Sweden), Guntars Gabranovs (Latvia), Jolanta Galdikaite (Lithuania), Laura Grabstiene (Lithuania), Maja Gecić (Yugoslavia), Vita Geluniene (Lithuania), Elona Gutauskiene-Linkeviciene (Lithuania), Anna-Riitta Haavisto (Suomija), Ida Carolyn Helland-Hansen (Norvegija), Sigrid Hynell Fleischer (Norvegija), Severija Incirauskaite (Lithuania), Zita Incirauskiene (Lithuania), Romualdas Incirauskas (Lithuania), Lina Jonikiene (Lithuania), Helen Kauksi (Estonia), Virginija Kirveliene (Lithuania), Laimute Kozloviene (Lithuania) , Skaidrite Leimane (Latvia) , Inga Liksaite (Lithuania) , Giedre Luckaite (Lithuania) , Elina Lusis-Grinberga (Latvia) , Ligita Marcinkeviciute (Lithuania) , Grazina Martinkeviciute (Lithuania) , urlikka Mokdad (Danija), Laima Orzekauskiene (Lithuania) , Ieva Ozolina (Latvia) , Jurate Petruskeviciene (Lithuania) , Dovile Rukseniene (Lithuania) , Birute Sarapiniene (Lithuania) , Alina Simutyte (Lithuania) , Marijona Sinkeviciene (Lithuania) , Brynhild Slaato (Norvegija) , Annette Stoll (Germany), Ingrida Suna (Latvia), Ieva Slekyte-Gasiuniene (Lithuania), Jolanta Smidtiene (Lithuania) , Loreta Švaikauskiene (Lithuania) , Danute Valentaite (Lithuania) , Giedre Valtaite (Lithuania) , Brigit Vogler (Germany), Maija Zaceste (Latvia), Baiba Zvaune (Latvia), Monika Zaltauskaite-Grasiene (Lithuania)

Press:
Magazine "Daile"