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White Space GalleryGBWhite Space Gallery +44-(0)7949100956 info@whitespacegallery.co.uk Tue-Sat by appt. Antanas SutkusPeople of Lithuania Special Edition“Sutkus’s series People of Lithuania is considered one of his most important works. It is a continuing project begun in 1976 to document the changing life and people of Lithuania. Working at the time when Lithuania (as the Lithuanian SSR) was part of the Soviet Union, Sutkus focused on black and white portraits of ordinary people in their everyday life rather than the model citizens and workers promoted by Soviet propaganda. Sutkus had an opportunity to spend time with Jean-Paul Sart… White Space GalleryGBWhite Space Gallery +44-(0)7949100956 info@whitespacegallery.co.uk Tue-Sat by appt. Antanas SutkusIn Memoriam. Portraits of Kaunas and Vilnius Jewish Ghetto Survivors Antanas Sutkus, a master of art photography, born 1939, learned about the mass killing of Jews by Nazis during WWII from his grandparents. Being a Lithuanian himself, he intuitively felt bitterly opposed to the humiliation of man and the mass destruction of human life in his homeland. In 1988 he began to photograph the Kaunas Jews who had escaped death in concentration camps. Gradually personal relationships were formed. He had feelings of shame and guilt for what had been going on behind the Vi… White Space GalleryGBWhite Space Gallery +44-(0)7949100956 info@whitespacegallery.co.uk Tue-Sat by appt. Antanas SutkusPeople of Lithuania Publication 2015“Sutkus’s series People of Lithuania is considered one of his most important works. It is a continuing project begun in 1976 to document the changing life and people of Lithuania. Working at the time when Lithuania (as the Lithuanian SSR) was part of the Soviet Union, Sutkus focused on black and white portraits of ordinary people in their everyday life rather than the model citizens and workers promoted by Soviet propaganda. Sutkus had an opportunity to spend time with Jean-Paul Sart… |
