CAC Café 1997-2002

This exhibition is a commemoration and an artistic interpretation of a project by two artists, Danutė Jonkaitytė and Eglė Ganda Bogdanienė, in which they were managing the CAC café. It was aimed at creating an active social space where artists of different generations as well as art critics, connoisseurs and simple bypasses would gather for discussions on culture and art. The café served as a venue for art exhibition openings, afterparties, discussions and evaluations. Some would find new acquaintances here, while others would come here on weekends, to drown their anxieties and unfulfilled aspirations.

Using means of visual expression, the exhibition commemorates different periods of development of the CAC café between 1997 and 2002. In addition, related art pieces by artists and critics who became regulars in the café are also exhibited. The exhibition consists of works by Eugenijus  Cukermanas, Rimtautas Gibavičius, Stasys Eidrigevičius, Vytautas Jurkūnas, Ričardas Vaitekūnas, Petras Repšys, Kazė Zimblytė, Algirdas Mikutis, Gražina Kliaugienė, Danutė Jonkaitytė, Eglė Ganda Bogdanienė, Konstantinas Bogdanas, Valdas Ozarinskas as well as other pieces, documenting café‘s work. In addition, photographs of the environment in the CAC café between the 1997 and 2002 as well as of its customers are also exhibited.