THE EMBASSY OF LITHUANIA IN SWEDEN. THE ROMANIAN CULTURAL INSTITUTE AND THE FRENCH INSTITUTE WARMLY INVITE YOU TO THE OPENING OF PRANAS GAILIUS EXHIBITION "BETWEEN THE WORDS AND LINE"
The Embassy of Lithuania in Sweden, The Romanian Cultural Institute, The French Institute Warmly invite you to the opening of Pranas Gailius exhibition „Between the Words and Line“ Time: 19.00, May 8, 2007 Place: The Romanian Cultural Institute, Skeppsbron 20, Gamla Stan, Stockholm Pranas Gailius (b.1928) lives and works in Paris, France. He has studied in the famous Academie de Fernand Léger, and his work impressively combines the principles of both abstraction and representation, graphics and painting. Gailius is especially distinctive in his use of the expressive drawing and intensive colour. The exhibition presents 39 Gailius’s works that represent his creation from 1965 to 1991. Pranas Gailius will participate in the opening, together with the Lithuanian writer from Paris Valdas Papievis, Ambassador of Lithuania in Sweden H. E. Mr. Remigijus Motuzas and the initiator of the exhibition and the roundtable debate - Cultural Attaché of Lithuania in Sweden Liana Ruokyte. The opening will be followed by a reception. During the reception live music will be performed by violinist Emilio Estrada (Cuba/Sweden) and guitarist Diego Rodriguez (Spain/Sweden). . You are also most welcome to the roundtable debate that will take place before the opening of the exhibition: Artists beyond Frontiers: The Identity and Movement of Creators in New Europe TIME: 17:00 – 18:30 pm, Tuesday, May 8, 2007 PLACE: The Romanian Cultural Institute, Skeppsbron 20, Gamla Stan, Stockholm Roundtable participants: Aris Fioretos (counsellor for culture at the Swedish Embassy in Germany, Berlin, Germany), Per Hüttner (Swedish artist, Paris, France), Steve Sem-Sandberg (editor for culture at Svenska Dagbladet, Sweden/Czech Republic), Matei Visniec (Romanian playwright, Paris, France), Vita Zaman (Lithuanian director of contemporary art gallery Ibid Projects, London, UK) Moderator: Mikael van Reis, Göteborgs-Posten Information: coordinator of the debate Egle Rindzeviciute, Södertörns högskola, egle.rindzeviciute@sh.se The events are organized by: the Lithuanian Embassy in Sweden in cooperation with the Romanian cultural institute, the French and Lithuanian institutes. Supported by: the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Lithuania, the Romanian cultural institute, the French institute
