Exhibitions by Aušra Vaitkūnienė and Dalia Truskaitė at Meno parkas gallery

2017 02 03 — 2017 03 03 at Gallery 'Meno Parkas'
Author Echo Gone Wrong
Published in Events in Lithuania
web2On February 3rd at the first floor of the gallery “Meno parkas” (Rotušės a. 27, Kaunas) at 6 pm will be held the opening of exhibition “Cabinet of Nature Gourmand“ by Aušra Vaitkūnienė. 

What is a forest? It might seem as a strange question. Everyone knows what a forest is. Probably you would say, that it’s an area where a lot of trees grow. But if there are a lot of trees growing at the area, but they are far away from each other – it is not a forest. If there is a lot of trees, but they take up very little space, then again it is not a forest, but a grove.

What is an exhibition? Viewers already have a habit, that gallery’s walls are covered with works of art. If there are loads of works but they do not create hypnotism then it is not an exhibition yet. If there are a lot of artworks but they only imitate the world without creating a connection between it and the viewer then it is also not an exhibition yet.

This is not an exhibition, but a cabinet of artworks, things etc., which fits my observations, thoughts and feelings about nature and world. Cabinet, which became open for the viewers, after being moved from my studio and home, for it to be able to communicate, talk and joke around. And if by this way new insight, ideas or thoughts appear, then this cabinet can become an exhibition.

It should be sought for paradoxical parallels by content of provided texts and images at the space of gallery. You can find a lot of known quotations from arts’ history, but these are presented a little bit in the way, which can make you smile. The time-space of cabinet’s is not being oriented to one meaning, but it is not chaotic as well. From scientific poetic synthesis to informative magical naïve realism, from feelings’ analysis to utopic visions – it is an attempt to make the viewer think and make decisions, that would be perceived intellectually as optional and would find their own insights and visions.

Aušra Vaitkūnienė, 2017

Dalia TruskaiteOn the same 3rd of February at the second floor of the gallery “Meno parkas” (Rotušės a. 27, Kaunas) at 6 pm will be held the opening of exhibition “Unsay / Unsaid“ by Dalia Truskaitė.

Unsay / Unsaid – are more developed versions of works that were done for group exhibitions during 2014-2016. The concepts of those objects were constantly in my head, put aside, forgotten, but after some time they would always come back for my mind to work and work on them. When deciding what to showcase, the most important thing was managing objects to “breathe” and “live in harmony” with each other.

And the idea of the exhibition… what did I want to say with it? Simply nothing. I didn‘t want to state something, to actualize, to bring up problems, to give a meaning, to attract attention, to show certain opinions or to defend certain positions. I just wanted to create a quiet place, where everyone would be able to slide their thoughts calmly, everyone his one.

In a world full of noise, when it feels like every cell of your body wants to announce something, I miss these saying nothing pauses.

Dalia Truskaitė, 2017