| Abstrakt: |
The article presents folk graphic art - wood carvings created by folk artist Onutė Pusvaškytė (b. 1940). Traditionally, folk graphic art was sacral in nature - carvings depicted sacred imagery and were hung in village homes. Unfortunately, this folk art tradition, thriving in the second half of the 19th c., was cut short in the early 20th c. Bringing back of this technique was revived already in the Soviet era, but the topics of the carvings changed. On the other hand, both the folkloric and ethnographic imagery of O. Pusvaškytė's carvings in the Soviet era (images of old village life or illustrating folk songs) talked about the fundamental values of the nation. After the Rebirth, the artist's traditional, sacral-themed art was also being exhibited. O. Pusvaškytė's work is defined by its logical composition, artistic carvings and high-quality imprints, which the graphic artist was very demanding about. In 2020, an anniversary exhibition of her work had been set up at the National Museum of Lithuania together with the ceramic work of another folk artist - the potter Vidmantas Valiušis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
