EXHIBITION OF PHOTOGRAPHS OF PAULIUS NORMANTAS INAUGURATED IN NEW DELHI
On March 5 the exhibition of photographs by the Lithuanian - Hungarian photographer Paulius Normantas "With the Wondering Lens: Gypsies of India and Hungary" was inaugurated in the Hungarian Information and Cultural Centre in New Delhi. The photographs are of the recent years fieldwork in the Eastern Hungary and the Rajasthan state of India, they depict everyday life and festivals of the Gypsies of these areas. While launching the exhibition the Director of the Centre Mr. Tibor Kovacs has said that the artistic life of the Lithuanian artist settled in Hungary has been very rich, and that the artist who photographed various cultures of the world has remained faithful to the classical non-digital photography. Charge d'Affaires of the Embassy of Lithuania in India Mrs. Diana Mickeviciene also presented Lithuanian Samogitian roots of Paulius Normantas and his art heritage on the native Lithuania. She also mentioned that the photographs of Paulius have more than artistic value to them, since their document very fragile cultures on the verge of extinction. The exhibition of Paulius Normantas will be on view at the Hungarian Information and Cultural Centre till March 22.
On March 5 the exhibition of photographs by the Lithuanian - Hungarian photographer Paulius Normantas "With the Wondering Lens: Gypsies of India and Hungary" was inaugurated in the Hungarian Information and Cultural Centre in New Delhi. The photographs are of the recent years fieldwork in the Eastern Hungary and the Rajasthan state of India, they depict everyday life and festivals of the Gypsies of these areas. While launching the exhibition the Director of the Centre Mr. Tibor Kovacs has said that the artistic life of the Lithuanian artist settled in Hungary has been very rich, and that the artist who photographed various cultures of the world has remained faithful to the classical non-digital photography.
Charge d'Affaires of the Embassy of Lithuania in India Mrs. Diana Mickeviciene also presented Lithuanian Samogitian roots of Paulius Normantas and his art heritage on the native Lithuania. She also mentioned that the photographs of Paulius have more than artistic value to them, since their document very fragile cultures on the verge of extinction.
The exhibition of Paulius Normantas will be on view at the Hungarian Information and Cultural Centre till March 22.
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