Artists from Lithuania and Japan will participate in an exchange through the organization of an exhibition.
The country name of Lithuania is said to originate in the Lithuanian word for ‘rain’. In contrast, Japan is known as ‘the land of the rising sun’. In Lithuania where rain falls in abundance, the sun is sought, while in Japan, ‘the land of the rising sun’, it is hoped that blessed rain will fall. This summer, artists from ‘the rain country’ and ‘the land of the rising sun’ will gather together in a contemporary art exhibition to be joined in a bridge of exchange.

Dates and Venues/
July 14 ～ September 15, 2009
M. K. CIURLIONIS NATIONAL MUSEUM OF ART, Kaunas, Lithuania
Opening event will be held on the first day.
Participating Artists/
Japanese:
Rikiya Iwakuma, Hiroshi Egami, Mitsumasa Kadota, Tei Kobayashi, Akira Komoto, Naotaka Sugimoto, Toshiaki Hicosaka, Tokio Maruyama, Yoshiko Maruyama, Taeko Mori,
Yumiko Okawa (Piano Performance)
Lithuanian:
Vytenis Lingys, Kestutis Musteikis, Kestutis Grigaliunas, Laisvyde Salciute, Aistaute Valiute, Daumantas Plechavicius, Diana Radaviciute, Saulius Valius
Special Guest Artist:
The work of AY-O, Fluxus artist, from collection of the M. K. CIURLIONIS NATIONAL MUSEUM OF ART
Special Participation in the project:
Mino city Paper Art Project and Paper Lantern Museum, Gifu, Japan
Youkobo Art Space and Trolls in the Park, Open Air Art Exhibition, Tokyo, Japan
Directors of the Project:
Saulius Valius, Atist and Curator
Egle Komkaite, Deputy Director, M. K. CIURLIONIS NATIONAL MUSEUM OF ART

Maruyama’s work “Waiting for a Rainbow” >> the work page