Jonas Mekas ir Niujorko avangardas

LTParodoje pristatytas platus Jono Meko (1922– 2019) veiklų spektras: ne tik jo filmai, bet ir intelektinis bei organizacinis darbas steigiant, vadovaujant daugybei institucijų ir puoselėjant naują požiūrį į kiną kaip meno rūšį. Daugiausia dėmesio skirta pirmiems trims J. Meko veiklos Niujorke dešimtmečiams – nuo 1949 m., kai jis kartu su broliu Adolfu Meku čia atvyko iš karo pabėgėlių stovyklos, iki tol, kol tapo vienas pagrindinių Amerikos avangardinio kino kultūros veikėjų, kūrusių, propagavusių, platinusių ir išsaugojusių nepriklausomą kiną. [Iš leidinio]

ENThe exhibition held at the National Gallery of Art in 2021–2022, Jonas Mekas and the New York Avant-garde, presented the broad spectrum of Jonas Mekas‘ (1922–2019) activities: not just his films but also his intellectual and organisational work in establishing and leading a number of institutions and in fostering a new approach towards film as an art genre. Attention was primarily turned towards the first three decades of Mekas‘ activities in New York – from 1949 when he and his brother Adolfas Mekas arrived there from a war refugee camp, until he became one of the main figures in American avant-garde film culture who created, promoted, distributed and preserved independent film. Mekas‘ main films could be seen at the exhibition, along with selected film reviews, photographs, publications, documents, posters, brochures, letters and other archive material from Mekas‘ personal archive, part of the Jonas Mekas Estate. In addition to Mekas‘ own film, the exhibition also featured films by his colleagues whose work he appreciated and with whom he shared a similar aesthetic sensibility. The exhibition was accompanied by the release of a book-catalogue, an international symposium and a cycle of film screenings and discussions. [From the publication]