„My Spells“ – the exhibition of graphic works by artist Algimantas Švėgžda

The exhibition of graphic works by a famous Lithuanian artist Algimantas Švėgžda (1941-1996) is held to commemorate his 75th birth anniversary.

In Algimantas Švėgžda‘s works the artistic form is interconnected with pagan and oriental philosophy.  In his creation, the artist was guided by a widespread saying popular among the Far Eastern artists  - “true mastery is revealed through minimal artistic expression”. Therefore, the meditative calmness, twigs, blossoms, ears of grain and similar elements of nature are dominant in his works of a late period.

The exhibition shows the artist‘s donated to the museum famous cycles in ink, pastel, watercolors and tempera: Letter to my grandmother (1988), Wasps nests (1988), My spells (1988), Three winter months (Winter meditations) (1990-1991), as well as the prints created in etching technique.