The exhibition “In the ambience of Wednesday: mind design and porcelain crockery” of two Lithuanian artists Rima Blažytė (rimbla) and Simona Kaunaitė will be opened on April 19th in Berlin Gallery Trofejas.
Psychedelic posters , digital cartoons , surreal graphic design, comments to pop art , pop culture icons, politicized feminist or even sexist jokes , slap in the face might well define Rima Blažytė’s images, which have long been wandering in the FB account.
They will (the images) often be accompanied by the acronym ” rimbla ” in which the artist encoded her initials and cheerful irony to herself and the surrounding environment.
Numbered “rimblas” are given English names that give comments and continue telling the story. According to Rima , these English names helped her to avoid subtle ambiguity and literary style of the native language.
As the image and text have to hit the target, instantly, encouraging you to watching the following, next, and so on and again… The artist was determined to give flesh and blood to the virtual space ghosts and printed them out on paper.
Rima Blažytė was born in 1982, lives and works in Vilnius. In 2007 she graduated from Vilnius Academy of Arts and acquired BA in Painting. She has participated in exhibitions in Germany, Finland and Lithuania. In 2015 she was given the world 50 best books award” The Design Observer Group 2014 / 50 Books Selection + 2014/50 Covers Selection of the book” Art Cells .
Simona Kaunaitė was born in 1981 and currently lives and works in Vilnius. In 2006 she graduated from Vilnius Academy of Arts and acquired MA in Painting. Since 2009 she lived in London where she worked as an assistant to Liz Emtage Ceramics , Helen Beard and Barnaby Bardford . In 2011 she opened a ceramics studio “A Chair and a Table”. The Studio creates crockery and ornaments from high temperature firing mass which is characterized by natural colours and transparency of porcelain. The most important part is their forms where the décor serves as a supplement to the whole.
S. Kaunaitė’s exhibitions were held in London, New York, Vilnius, Druskininkai. In 2014 she was given a “Good Design 2014“ award for the collection of coffee mugs “Crooked Nose & Coffee Stories” .
Exhibition opens April 19, from 6 to10 pm at The Gallery Trofejas ( Showraum Trofejas, Wielandstr . 31 , 10629 Berlin) With participate in the opening of Rome Blažytė ( rimbla ) .
The exhibition can be visited in 2016, April 20-23 and 27-30 April from 2 to 6 pm.
Project partners: Cultural attaché of the Republic of Lithuania to the German Federal Republic, The Lithuanian Culture Institute.
The visit of the participant is sponsored by The Lithuanian Culture Institute.
