From 2 to 5 of November this year, Meno Parkas Gallery returns for the fourth time to Artissima, one of the most important contemporary art fairs in Turin, Italy.
For the 30th anniversary edition, 191 galleries from 19
countries are participating in the fair. In 2019, Meno Parkas by the
magazine “Artribune” was selected as one of the top 10 galleries to see
for its debut at this prestigious fair. This year, Meno Parkas
presenting works of 4 Lithuanian artists - Patricija Jurkšaitytė, Eglė
Ridikaitė, Kęstutis Zapkus and Žilvinas Landzbergs.
We are very happy to announce that during the Artissima art
fair, we will present Patricija Jurkšaitytė as an artist of Meno Parkas
Gallery and Egle Ridikaitė as a guest artist for the first time.
The choice of the artists was motivated by the gallery's desire to
link the names of the most talented artists, more or less known in
Europe or abroad: Patricija Jurkšaitytė, Eglė Ridikaitė, Žilvinas
Landzbergs, as well as the influential Kęstutis Zapkus, who is well
known both in New York and in Lithuania, to the European context – to
the elite participants of the European art scene, who can be met here at
Artissima. Our aim is to seek, create and strengthen common links
between Lithuanian contemporary art and European art.
The central axis of the Meno Parkas Gallery stand is space(s).
Kęstutis Zapkus's paintings – as a construction on a surface transform
into a space, while Žilvinas Landzbergas installations – interiors – are
already a created space. Patricija Jurkšaitytė and Eglė Ridikaitė
directly depict interiors in their works. Žilvinas Landzbergas works are
already well known to visitors of the fair, while the other three
artists will be participating in the fair for the first time.
2023 will be an exceptional year for participation in contemporary
art fairs, of which there are 7 this year. Three of them are debuts - Expo Chicago (artists Agnė Jonkutė, Žilvinas Landzbergas, Gintautas Trimakas), ARCOlisboa (artists Patricija Gilytė, Žilvinas Landzbergas), the Brussels video art fair Around Video (artist Neringa Naujokaitė), as well as four fairs in which Meno Parkas had participated several times already. These are Vienna Contemporary (artists Eglė Ulčickaitė, Kęstutis Zapkus, Elena Balsiukaitė), POSITIONS Berlin Art Fair (artists Eglė Ulčickaitė, Robertas Antinis, Gabrielė Aleksė and Neringa Naujokaitė), LOOP Fair Barcelona (artist Simona Žemaitytė), and Artisssima.
You will find Meno Parkas Gallery on Main Section | Hall Red - Stand no 2 | Hall Fuxia - Stand no 1
Venue: OVAL – Lingotto Fiere (Via Giacomo Mattè Trucco, 70 – 10126 Turin, Italy)
Gallery's Meno Parkas participation at the Artissima Fair is supported by the Lithuanian Council for Culture.
