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International Exhibition Exchange Project CROSS – ROADS / KRYŽKELĖS is the result of creative cooperation between Gallery VLASSIS (Thesaloniki) and Lithuanian Artist‘s Association Gallery ARKA (Vilnius). It connects two European countries – Greece and Lithuania and provides the opportunity for the public of both countries to get acquainted with the contemporary Greek and Lithuanian art. The initiator of the project is artist Rolana Čečkauskaitė-Gkagka, who lives and creates both in Lithuania and Greece. On April 3, 2012 Gallery VLASSIS presented woks of seven well known Greek artists at the Gallery ARKA: Antonis Papadopoulos, Nikos Terzis, Panagiotis Ploumis, Sarantis Gagas, Teodore Lalos, Vasilis Karkatselis and Rolana Čečkauskaitė-Gkagka. Exhibition was opened by H. E. Ambassador of the Republic of Greece Mr. Michail Efstratios Daratzikis and the founder of  VLASSIS Art gallery Dimitris Vlassis.

On October 31, 2012 at 6 p.m. Gallery ARKA will present fifteen prominent Lithuanian graphic artists at the gallery VLASSIS in Thesaloniki: Egidijus Rudinskas, Nijolė Šaltenytė, Elvyra Kriaučiūnaitė, Inga Dargužytė, Birutė Zokaitytė, Tatjana Diščenko, Laisvydė Šalčiūtė, Kęstutis Grigaliūnas, Tadas Gindrėnas, Birutė Stančikaitė, Nijolė Vilutienė, Mikalojus Vilutis, Rolana Čečkauskaitė, Rolandas Čečkauskas. The curator of the exhibition is the graphic artist and director of Gallery ARKA in Vilnius Dovilė Tomkutė. H.E. Lithuanian Ambassador inGreeceMr. Alfonsas Eidintas and Honorary Consul Mr. Nikolaos Trypanis are planning to attend the opening of the exhibition.

Lithuanian graphic collection reflects the pluralism of ideas and depicts a wide range of modernistic trends, prevailing in Contemporary Lithuanian Art. Intercepting traditions that have been shaped during the ages, reflecting the Lithuanian traditional world-view and enriching it with their own experiences, Lithuanian artists are creating a metaphorical visual world, symbolic and rich in content. The collection of graphic works is not only characterised by stylistic but also by technical diversity. Lithuanian graphic artists are skilfully using a wide range of classical techniques – etching, lithography, linocut, silkscreen, digital printing - and with their help are creating unique artistic images.

The exhibition exchange project CROSS – ROADS / KRYŽKELĖS provides an opportunity to present the latest works by Lithuanian artists in the context of foreign arts. This is a great and exciting opportunity to search for parallels in creative processes and to speak about the unique culture of every country. The organizers sincerely hope that Greek public will enjoy the exhibition, finding it unusual and interesting. It will acquaint the Greek public with Lithuanian contemporary graphic art and will contribute in the consolidation of our countries in creating the international cultural dialogue.