Jonas Kalvelis. Dunes, 1973-1985

Thomas Mann Museum (Skruzdynės st. 17)

2022 05 07 – 06 30

In the pictures of Jonas Kalvelis nature is breathing with its monumental primary power, the folds, and the mounds of the sand. The depth is moving, breaking, and shivering, yet the world, frozen within the quadrangle of frame, bespeaks of a stoical tranquility, a kind of balance between light and darkness, detail, and entirety. One is intentionally aware of the flow of time in the eternally changeable quicksand world, where layers of sand transcend to the birth of new forms. Land remains the leading topic of his creative effort, the results of which although not too abundant are immediately stores in a viewer’s memory. The photographer gives his preference to two of the marginal forms of land’s existence: the pattern of a forest glade and the bare sand of dunes.

Jonas Kalvelis (1925 – 1987) was born in Kikonys, Kupiškis district. Studied at Kaunas University. He was participating in exhibitions since 1956. In 1970 became a member of Lithuanian Photographers Association. Main works Dunes (1973-1985), Forest (1968-1984).

This exhibition is a part of the international photography symposium NIDA. Meeting Photography.