Exhibition of participants of ART-EGO international plein air opens in Polotsk

VITEBSK, 12 August (BelTA) – An exhibition of participants of ART-EGO, the first international plein air, opened in Polotsk, Belarus’ cultural capital 2010, BelTA learnt from Larisa Lysenko, chief of the arts gallery of the National Polotsk History and Culture Museum-Reserve. The exhibition features 60 works. These are paintings, collages, art objects, sculptures that the artists from Belarus, Latvia and Lithuania created during the two-week plein air dedicated to Polotsk as a cultural center on the way “From the Vikings to the Greeks”. Impressions of the ancient city, its architecture, heritage and culture, its people have become a real source of inspiration for the artists, said Larisa Lysenko. The artists donated one third of their works to Polotsk. The plein air was organized by the Belarusian Union of Artists, culture department of the Vitebsk Oblast Executive Committee, Polotsk City Council and the National Polotsk History and Culture Museum-Reserve. The exhibition will stay open until September 3.

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