Marija Gimbutas (1921-1994) Marija Gimbutas was a renowned Lithuanian American archeologist whose major research accomplishments were in the Neolithic and Bronze Age cultures of “Old Europe”, and her “Kurgan Hypothesis” in which the Proto-Indo-European origins […]
Author Archives: PLIOPLYS AV
Memory Threads
I was honored to be invited to exhibit my artwork as part of the celebration of the 75-year anniversary of Lithuania’s National Library of Medicine. Pieces from three series will be on display: Memory, Sybils […]
On permanent display at the University of Chicago
With Macol Cerda we finished the permanent installation of the Columns of Thought at the University of Chicago’s Stevanovich Institute on the Formation of Knowledge. The atrium is named after my wife, Sigita, and myself. […]
Leon Berkowitz
The above image is Leon Berkowitz’s “Unities #16”, oil painting on canvas, 84 x 60 inches, 1972. When I dropped out of medicine to pursue art full-time, I moved to Washington DC. It was 1976 […]
entropy is disinformation
Last night we attended an art exhibit preview at Chicago’s Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA). As part of the “Art, Language, and Power” exhibit, the MCA staff put up a wall where the viewers could […]
TV interview
“Community Connection” is a 30-minute program shown on CN100, the Comcast (Xfinity) TV network. This particular episode aired several times each day during July, 2019. It included a seven-minute interview with me as part of […]
Meaning: over 40 years ago
Meaning was a multi-media installation at the Washington Project for the Arts, Washington DC. The exhibit took place in April 1978. It filled the available four exhibit halls which were on two floors. This was […]
Radio interviews
In relation to the ongoing Sybils: Cycles of Memory exhibit at the Stevanovich Institute on the formation of Knowledge, University of Chicago, and the dedication of the atrium of this newly restored building in […]
Sigita and Audrius V. Plioplys Atrium
Sigita and Audrius V. Plioplys My Cycles of Memory art installation has been so popular on the University of Chicago campus, that the Stevanovich Institute on the Formation of Knowledge (SFIK) requested that I donate […]
University of Chicago Atrium Dedication
Erythraean and Delphic Sybils archival print on polycarbonate, 8 x 4 feet, rotates 3 rpm, 2019 My Cycles of Memory art installation has been so popular on the University of Chicago campus, that the Institute […]