Aldona Gustas – 85th birthday
Thursday, 02 March 2017
Happy Birthday! We congratulate the lyricist and graphic artist Aldona Gustas warmly on her 85th birthday! Aldona Gustas was born in 1932 in Karceviskiu, Lithuania. She had to flee during World War II and came to Berlin (West) in 1949. She has been working here as a writer since 1957, and as a a
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Oxymora Eröffnung – Litauens starke Frauen weben kulturelle Dialoge in Europa
Monday, 27 February 2017
Am Samstag 25.2.2107 eröffnete in der Leipziger Baumwollspinnerei die Ausstellung “Oxymora”. Oliver Zille, Direktor der Leipziger Buchmesse, zeigte sich in seiner Eröffnungsansprache enthuisiastisch: “die Idee, die Berliner Malerpoeten – 1972 von der ursprüngl. aus Litauen stammenden West-Berliner Dichterin und Lyrikerin Aldona Gustas gegründet – mit zeitgenössischen Textilkünstlerinnen aus Litauen zusammen zu präsentierten, ist genial”. Die
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Opening event OXYMORA
Wednesday, 22 February 2017
Opening OXYMORA – Berliner Painter-Poets and contemporary Lithuanian artists Saturday 25.2.17 at 3 pm Leipziger Baumwollspinnerei, Halle 12 Spinnereistraße 7, 04179 Leipzig Die Doppelausstellung, kuratiert von John Colton (Browse Gallery Berlin) und Virginija Vitkienė (Biennale Kaunas ), verschränkt Werke der vierzehnköpfigen Künstler/innengruppe “Berliner Malerpoeten”, die 1972 von der aus Litauen stammenden Berliner Lyrikerin und Grafikerin
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Oxymora – Exhibition Concept
Thursday, 16 February 2017
Today we live in a time where oxymora are showing up in media discourse all over the place. Most of us don’t notice them or understand the term oxymora. What does it actually mean? To cut it short: ALTERNATIVE FACTS, for instance. While in the current poltical disourse oxymora are being used to normalize lies
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