RAUDONA. Rež. Valentinas Masalskis

Director: Valentinas Masalskis
Composer: Nijolė Sinkevičiūtė
Stage designer: Mykolas Sauka

Assistant director: Lukas Petrauskas
plays: Valentinas Masalskis, Donatas Želvys

Contemporary American screenwriter and playwright John Logan's play "Red" in the center of the 20th century. Mark Rothko of post -war contemporary art personalities. The action takes place in the Rothko studio in New York in the 1960s. Young painter Ken is employed as an assistant artist. At the same time, Rothko gets an order to create monumental paintings for the luxury restaurant Four Seasons, the newly designed American architecture, Ludwig Mieso van der Rohe Seagram building. Ken, an assistant to Rothko, argues the teacher's choice. After visiting a restaurant and seeing that his work would only become a decoration of the public elite gatherings here, Rothko terminates the agreement and returns the customer's money…

Rothko firmly. above the public interest: In art things, our society appreciates the taste more than the truth and changes its tastes as hats or shoes. And while Rothko did not leave students, his creative position inspires many young artists. Valentinas Masalski, who is creating the role of Rothko, is looking for a new generation in its performance. It is definitely worthy of attention, as is the personality that works there. It can be said that this is an elite play. But it seems to me that she is deep in her own problems. The artist's aging tragedy, as well as his understanding that the next generation is coming. The play is written about the coming, not about the man. Although Mark Rothko's tragedy is felt throughout the play. He actually committed suicide on February 25, 1970, says director and actor V. Masalskis. I personally understand the tragedy of Rothko, the sensation that the aging artist must withdraw and give up the place to the coming. There is a time when you realize that your art is temporary. It seems to me that the artist, and the art itself, lives with the present time, period. Its historical value is antique. Art is a public awakener, a promoter, and as a face with whom a person is born and dying. I think that is the function of art, the purpose. Therefore, living art must always be renewed.

Premiere: November 22, 2018

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