You are cordially invited to the opening of the exhibition "Traditional Belarusian Interiors" on 1 August at 8 pm at the nEUROPA gallery. The artist Andrei Liankevich will be present at the opening.

The exhibition shows the current photo project in which Liankevich documents the disappearing interiors of traditional houses in Belarus. His project archive now comprises more than 100 interiors and he plans to set up a digital online archive where every user will have the opportunity to add their own photos of other interiors and houses. The photos in the archive will form the basis for future research into the traditional way of life of Belarusians. In addition to the interiors, Liankevich also shows the residents, mostly in their (traditional) everyday clothes.

The Belarusian photographer was born in 1981 in Grodno, Belarus, and now lives in Minsk. He has worked with the European Press Photo Agency (EPA) and the Anzenberger Agency, among others. In 2008 he joined SPUTNIK, a collective of young photographers. His work has been published in numerous international media, including TThe New York Times, Le Figaro, Newsweek, Die Zeit, Der Spiegel, GEO, Vanity Fair, Readers Digest and International Herald Tribune and shown in more than 60 exhibitions in Europe, Asia and the USA. In 2010, he published his first book on Belarusian pagan traditions. Andrei was ranked among the 15 most influential Belarusian artists from 2000 to 2010. He organised a World Press Photo exhibition and initiated the Month of Photography in Minsk.

Photographs: Andrei Liankevich (BY)
Curation: Matthias Schumann