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“At the MO Museum exhibitions, we invite you to speak about issues that are important to society. This is one of the ways in which we can reflect on our life span, discuss problematic issues. All art is about us, even when it unmasks the themes that we avoid finding and that we want to silence. The damage of this exhibition poster with a gay couple only shows that some issues are still difficult for our society and we are not mature enough to accept another, ”says Milda Ivanauskienė, director of the MO Museum, in a press release.
Ugnius Gelguda, author of Living Together, adds: “It is sad to see that even sixteen years after the series was created, the different ways of being together are still incomprehensible, condemned and repressed. I hope that culture contributes to the development of understanding and openness. “
U. Gelguda raises relevant issues in his work, questions that are sometimes uncomfortable for everyone, he wants to talk about the silenced and disguised. Created in 2004, the “Living Together” photography cycle is a sensitive and delicate portrait of heterosexual and homosexual families and couples, early marriages and with great age differences, which caused much discussion at the time.
M. Ivanauskienė says: “In 2004, when this cycle of photographs was created, there was both discussion and resistance. The works were removed from two exhibitions at that time. But then the cycle was already shown in more than one group exhibition. It is unfortunate that even now, 16 years later, we are seeing manifestations of resistance and non-acceptance by homosexual couples ”.
This work is exhibited in the MO Museum exhibition “Why is it so difficult to love?” It is an exhibition that addresses issues of special relevance today, touching on ecological, political, social, empathy and inequality issues in various areas of life.
“In the exhibition, we raise the question of the relationship with the other: why it is difficult for us to understand, accept and not condemn otherness. At the same time, it is about the relationship with oneself: how to accept oneself, how to find a balance between sometimes conflicting internal identities. I think the recent event just shows once again how important it is to talk about these issues and bring them to the surface, ”he adds. Ivanauskiene.
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