Quest for the Synthesis of Eastern Asia and Postmodern Art in Jonas Maldžiūnas Paintings Cover Image

Rytų Azijos Ir Postmoderniosios Dailės Sintezės Paieškos Ekscentriškoje Jono Maldžiūno Tapyboje
Quest for the Synthesis of Eastern Asia and Postmodern Art in Jonas Maldžiūnas Paintings

Author(s): Antanas Andrijauskas
Subject(s): Cultural history, Visual Arts, Aesthetics
Published by: Visuomeninė organizacija »LOGOS«
Keywords: Jonas Maldžiūnas; orientalism; aesthetics; eccentric; palimpsest; V. Eidukevičius;

Summary/Abstract: The article discusses the beginning of artistic creativity, the course of its development, experienced influences and peculiarity of style of one of the most eccentric Lithuanian painters Jonas Maldžiūnas. His paintings show attempts of uniting the Lithuanian artistic traditions with the demands of the Eastern Azia aesthetics and influence of the palimpsest principles characteristic to abstract expressionism and pastmodernism. The article considers the means of artistic expression and the metamorphoses of style in the main paintings of the painter. It concludes that Maldžiūnas is the successor of Eidukevičius’s tradition.

  • Issue Year: 2015
  • Issue No: 82
  • Page Range: 116-129
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Lithuanian
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