Antanas Sutkus is widely recognised as the forefather and inspirer of the Lithuanian school of photography, coming into place on the outskirts of the Soviet Union during the 1950s鈥1970s.聽As Lithuanian critic and art historian Margarita Matulite notes: 鈥淎ntanas Sutkus is justly called Homer of Lithuanian photography 鈥 the continuous oeuvre of his whole life is an epic poem, assembled from fragments of everyday life.鈥澛 The聽 Brothers Centre聽for Photography holds an exhibition of Antanas Sutkus’聽Nostalgia for bare feet,聽featuring more than one hundred works created by artist, many of which have never been shown before.
The artist’s spontaneity and intuition contributed to this prominence as one of the greatest photographers of all time. Featuring works from the series People of Lithuania, over which the artist worked for most of his life., the exhibition also highlights聽Portrait of a Pioneer (1964), which is a portrait of Sutkus鈥 son, at the school for blind children. Having become the artist’s hallmark, the iconic image is integrated into the retrospective exhibition which centres on the聽artist’s ability to look inside people through his camera.
Nostalgia for bare feet聽until 29 May, Brothers Centre, 聽Moscow.
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1.聽Antanas Sutkus,聽At the Baltic Sea, Giruliai, (1972). Courtesy of 听补苍诲听 Brothers Centre.
