Initially of the occasion, the gathered company and nominees ready for the upcoming awards ceremony had been greeted by Lolita Jablonskienė, head of the Nationwide Artwork Gallery of the Lithuanian Nationwide Artwork Museum. “Artwork criticism awards usually are not concerning the area of competitors, however concerning the area of togetherness. These of us who had been on the awards final 12 months felt that commonality very nicely. That is our frequent territory, created by these gathered right here”, mentioned L. Jablonskienė in her welcoming speech.
The workforce creating the artwork criticism awards was represented by venture curators – Virginija Januškevičiūtė, Edvardas Šumila, Danutė Gambickaitė and Goda Aksamitauskaitė – from the three establishments that established the awards – the Modern Artwork Middle, the LNDM Nationwide Artwork Gallery and the up to date artwork digital journal “Artnews.lt”. V. Januškevičiūtė, seconded by L. Jablonskienei, recalled the rationale for the emergence of the Artwork Criticism Awards: “We established the awards to see one another, to inform one another what we’d not say in writing, to understand one of the best, to be joyful for them, to draw new folks – readers and writers, to draw carry folks nearer to the textual content and on the similar time pressure themselves to learn extra artwork criticism.” The curators additionally thanked the Lithuanian Tradition Council, Vilnius Metropolis Municipality and different companions and sponsors of the awards, who financed the venture.
On the occasion, it was recalled that the laureates of this 12 months’s Artwork Criticism Awards had been chosen from 136 candidates who had been proposed by readers, listeners and viewers of Artwork Criticism this spring. The laureates had been chosen by a five-member fee: artwork critic Monika Krikštopaitytė, artwork critic Helmutas Šabasevičius, tradition reviewer, movie critic Monika Gimbutaitė and final 12 months’s award winners, artists Aurelija Maknytė and Agnė Jokšė.
The award ceremony started with the announcement of the winners of the “Quick Type” class. This class was offered by this 12 months’s jury member, artwork critic Helmutas Šabasevičius. He additionally offered the primary award of this 12 months, which went to Joginta Bučinskaita for the textual content “Phrases Drained Swamp” (LRT.lt, 09/26/2023). The fee praised this work for its balanced relationship between crucial thought and a spotlight to the creators’ intentions. Whereas accepting the award, the laureate remembered the successful textual content and wished her colleagues: “This textual content is sort of a stinging bee that has an enormous threat of dying followingwards. It was not snug for me to put in writing, nor most likely for the authors of the exhibition, who’re huge, necessary, achieved artists, to learn. However once I work on this discipline, I’ve a rule – I do not wish to lie. To your self first, pretending it is okay when possibly it is not utterly okay. I might extremely advocate this to anybody who writes texts. As a result of we’ve got a really nice accountability not solely to one another on this time, but in addition to the historical past for which we’re writing texts.”
The second award within the “Quick kind” class for the textual content “Direct relations between the middle and the area”. The venture “Betarpiškos svųs” within the city of Užpaliai” (Artnews.lt, 09.05.2024) went to Ieva Gražyta. The award was offered by Jurij Dobriakov, president of the Lithuanian department of the Worldwide Affiliation of Artwork Critics (AICA), curator and critic. This affiliation is likely one of the companions of the Artwork Criticism Awards venture. Accepting the award for the fee’s evaluation of sustainability in reviewing artwork and curation practices within the areas, the laureate wished: “I want you to get out of town an increasing number of this summer time and check out artists’ initiatives, to not neglect that there’s a lot of magnificence and aesthetics in on a regular basis life or outdoors the cities.”
The third award within the “Quick kind” class was offered by the consultant of one other award associate – Mantas Tamošaitis, head of the Tradition Periodicals Affiliation. The award for ingenuity with a view to positively open the polemic concerning the relationship between the museum and the viewers within the textual content “Once you see the efficiency, you do not cry due to the exhibition” (“Enterprise Class”, 08/13/2023) went to Ernest Parulskis.
After the distribution of the “Quick Type” class awards, the brand new associate of the awards venture was introduced – the MO Museum. He established the annual MO Younger Critic Scholarship this 12 months. The winner of this scholarship was chosen in cooperation with Vilnius Academy of Arts and Vytautas the Nice College. Earlier than saying who acquired the scholarship, Milda Ivanauskienė, director of the MO Museum, mentioned: “The style of artwork criticism is extraordinarily necessary in numerous senses. However a very necessary side for us was that artwork criticism creates a connection between the artwork discipline and society, between the exhibition and the customer. Texts that deepen understanding, broaden the sector of interpretations, the problematic of the exhibition, have the chance and enhance the influence and affect of exhibitions within the wider public discourse. Due to this fact, we established this prize with a view to strengthen and promote the discovering and dissemination of younger voices of artwork criticism.” This 12 months, the primary one-time scholarship value 500 euros was awarded to Marija Martinaityta, a pupil of the Vilnius Academy of Arts. Any longer, the MO Museum intends to award such scholarships yearly.
The “Lengthy Type” award class was offered by this 12 months’s jury member, final 12 months’s winner of the “Texts by artists and curators”, artist Agnė Jokšė. She additionally offered the primary award within the “Lengthy Type” class to Giedrei Jankevičiūta and Andrzej Szczerski for the catalog “Vilnius, Wilno, Vilne 1918-1948: one metropolis – many tales” (Lithuanian Institute of Cultural Analysis, Lithuanian Nationwide Artwork Museum, Muzeum Narodowe w Krakowie, 2023). The fee appreciated this work for the construction of the publication, which incites and develops dialogue between cultures and develops self-awareness.
The second award within the “Lengthy kind” class was offered by Vaida Stepanovaitė, former head of the cultural group “Artnews.lt”, one of many initiators of the Artwork Criticism Awards, who teaches and conducts analysis at London’s Goldsmiths Faculty. She offered one of many 9 statuettes created by Ona Juciūtė to Laima Kreivyte for the radio program “Homo cultus. From the balcony”, hosted by LRT Klasikas. The fee appreciated the radio present for its skilled excellence and skill to attach folks and concepts. “I actually wish to thank everybody who responded to my invitation and got here to the balcony, as a result of they’re the true heroes. I used to be the nagging commenter as a result of I genuinely care regarding what these folks have achieved of their lives. These great individuals who visited on the balconycreated what we’ve got now, the balcony phenomenon of individuals speaking regarding artwork on the balcony. And, following all, I thank the feminists who broke out onto the balcony of the signatories and that is how the title of the balcony happened,” mentioned L. Kveivytė whereas accepting the award.
Justina Zubaitė-Bundzė, curator of the ŠMC studying room, founding father of the bookstore “Six Chairs Books” and one of many initiators of the Artwork Criticism Awards, offered the final award within the “Lengthy Type” class. This award went to Ilona Mazeikiene and Regina Urbonienei for the guide of reminiscences in Lithuanian, English and French “Žibuntas Mikšys. Hoping for a Homecoming / Pour qu’on revienne” (Nationwide Artwork Museum of Lithuania, 2023). The fee appreciated the prize-winning textual content for its trustworthy and multifaceted portrait of a unprecedented creator.
The third award class – “Texts of artists and curators” – was offered on the occasion by artist Aurelija Maknytė, final 12 months’s laureate of this class and member of this 12 months’s awards jury. A.Maknytė offered the award to Alfons Andriuškevičius for the textual content “The twist of life in January” (“Šiaurės Atėnai”, 01.27.2023, No. 2). “By giving me this reward, you haven’t solely rewarded me and made me joyful, however you have got additionally fulfilled considered one of Mairon’s needs. There’s a line by Mairon: “I wish to elevate a minimum of one outdated man from the graves of the giants.” That is it, you resurrected that outdated man. I feel Maironis can also be pleased with me immediately”, joked A. Andriuškevičius in his thanks. The fee appreciated this work for the pleasure of the textual content, when particulars develop into occasions, and the minds of the creators meet in a significant means.
The second award within the class “Texts of artists and curators” was offered by artwork historian and curator Inesa Brašiškė. The award went to Daniel Muzyczuk for the annotation to Anastasios Sosunova’s DIY exhibition, which occurred within the Editorial exhibition area. The fee appreciated this textual content for its suggestiveness and ease in touring collectively by means of the exhibition’s creativeness.
Within the final award class, “Phenomenon of the 12 months”, just one laureate is chosen for an excellent contribution to the event of visible artwork criticism in Lithuania. Monika Krikštopaityta, the longtime editor-in-chief of the tradition weekly “7 Meno Dienos”, and the chairperson of this 12 months’s fee, was entrusted with presenting this award. “After the whole lot that was despatched, I questioned: do we actually know what artwork criticism is anymore?” There was a little bit of a panic regarding homework not being performed, so we do not clarify what artwork criticism is. Then I assumed – and good. Possibly you might want to perceive extra? Possibly artwork criticism has expanded and we have to see it? And I started to attempt to reply the query for myself, what’s the essence of artwork criticism, the way to distinguish it once they supply a radio present, a movie or one thing else. The right way to perceive if there’s artwork criticism? I answered to myself that it’s a voice that appears at works, phenomena and speaks maybe by means of radio waves, maybe by means of textual content, maybe in one other means. However it’s an exterior voice that creates a dialogue with authors that artists are ready to listen to. That is the response”, mentioned M. Krikštopaitytė.
By resolution of the Fee, for resistance to intolerance, queer actualization of reminiscence and empathic curatorship, the award within the “Phenomenon of the 12 months” class went to Agne Bagdžiūnaitei and Edvin Grinkevičius. The award went to the curators for the interdisciplinary multifaceted venture “Indecent Evenings” organized by the Kaunas Artists’ Home. “Searching for another all the time pays off. It was actually fascinating to dive into the margins and work with people who find themselves institutionally much less acknowledged, much less appreciated and seen. I wish to encourage myself, Agnes and everybody else in additional practices to search for tales that haven’t but been informed, individuals who haven’t but appeared, who haven’t but acquired a platform”, mentioned E. Grinkevičius.
The organizers hope that the second version of the Artwork Critic Awards will proceed subsequent 12 months. Due to this fact, the occasion ended with an invite to readers, viewers and listeners to proceed to incorporate artwork criticism of their every day routine and to appoint the remembered initiatives subsequent 12 months.
Record of winners:
Quick kind
Jogintė Bučinskaitė for the textual content “Drained swamp with phrases”, LRT.lt, 26 September 2023
Ieva Grazytė for the textual content “Betarpiški middle and area relations”, the venture “Betarpiškis spųsos” within the city of Užpalių, Artnews.lt, 09.05.2024
Ernestas Parulskis for the textual content “Once you see a efficiency, you do not cry due to the exhibition”, “Verslo kláše”, 08/13/2023
MO Younger Critic Scholarship
Marija Martinaitytė
Lengthy kind
Giedrė Jankevičiūtė and Andrzej Szczerski for the catalog “Vilnius, Wilno, Vilnius 1918-1948: one metropolis – many tales”, Lithuanian Cultural Analysis Institute, Lithuanian Nationwide Artwork Museum, Muzeum Narodowe w Krakowie, 2023
Laima Kreivytė for the radio program “Homo cultus. From the balcony” on the air of LRT Klasika
Ilona Mažeikienė and Regina Urbonienė for the guide of reminiscences in Lithuanian, English and French “Žibuntas Mikšys. Hoping for a Homecoming / Pour qu’on revienne”, Lithuanian Nationwide Artwork Museum, 2023
Texts by artists and curators
Alfonsas Andriuškevičius for the textual content “Life’s twist in January”. “North Athens”, 27.01.2023, No. 2
Daniel Muzyczuk for the annotation of Anastasia Sosunova’s exhibition on the DIY exhibition area “Editorial”
The phenomenon of the 12 months
Curators Agnė Bagdžiūnaitė and Edvinas Grinkevičius for the interdisciplinary multifaceted venture “Indecent Evenings” organized by the Kaunas Artists’ Home
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2024-06-04 03:09:42
