INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION OF PLEIN AIR “ŠLAVANTAS 2024“

At the shore of lake Šlavantas, in Lazdijai district, in Veisiejai county, every year an international plain air is being organised, by the name of the lake – Šlavantas. As every year, the residence surrounded by nature gathered artists not only from Lithuania, but also from distant lands.

The plein air organizer artist Rita Rimšienė and the curator artist Antanas Obcarskas assembled an excellent international team, which this year includes a large number of well-known foreign names connecting two continents - Europe and Africa. Rita Rimšienė (Lithuania), Antanas Obcarskas (Lithuania), Mohamed Elmasry (Egypt), Sergey Grinevich (Belarus), Sana Mahfoudhi (Tunisia) and chairwoman of the Helsinki Artists’ Association Satu Kalliokuusi (Finland) became the participants of this meeting this year, which is becoming a tradition. This creative meeting gave a number of great creative discoveries, all of which are exhibited.

The aim of the plein air participants is to reveal Lithuania as a country of high creative potential, to continue the traditions of plein air painting and to share creative ideas. During the plein air, the participants of the exhibition are painting observing and recording environmental motifs, the scattering of sunlight, delving into the variety of natural phenomena, lighting, colours, reflections and reflexes. By conveying the artist's vivid impression, mood and authentic, unique atmosphere of the environment, year, time of day, and space in their works. The exhibition presents freely painted panoramic and chamber landscapes of lake Šlavantas, as well as abstract and figurative compositions.

For the seventh time, the works of the participants of the privately financed open-air painting exhibition "Šlavantas 2024" are presented at the V. K. Jonynas Gallery in Druskininkai.