The exhibition “Embodying“ presents the newest works of eight Lithuanian artists – their sculptures, sculptural objects and installations. The artists that represent different generations highlight the search for various types of connections, i.e. between tradition and authenticity, collective and personal fears, the human kind and nature, a person, a creation and a place. The works contain the signs and interpretations of national memory and exhibition place, whereas the exhibition itself becomes a juxtaposition of modernity/contemporarity and abstract/figurative expression in the art of sculpture. The title – Embodying – calls attention to the processes through which ideas find body in material things, and various objects are formed, deformed or even transformed into something new and unusual. The pieces have been created by using traditional sculptural materials, i.e. granite, wood and metal, as well as more modern media such as concrete, glass and things borrowed from our surroundings.
The exhibition has been organized by the Sculpture and Stained Glass Centre of the Lithuanian Artists’ Association. Located in a building complex in Vilnius, the centre, which has been operating for almost half a century, provides Lithuanian artists with a space to create monuments and sculptures of historical memory. Since the day it opened its door, the centre has created culturally important and valuable works for public spaces and buildings in various Lithuanian cities. Currently, there are 30 sculptors and interdisciplinary artists in residence here, working on their original pieces, creating and restoring sculptures, monuments, stained glass pieces and other monumental art objects.
The exhibition presents the works of the following residents of the Sculpture and Stained Glass Centre: Jonas Aničas, Aušra Jasiukevičiūtė, Tauras Kensminas, Daumantas Kučas, Kęstutis Musteikis, Eglė Pilkauskaitė, Mykolas Sauka, Asta Vasiliauskaitė.
Curator: Agnė Mackevičiūtė
The exhibition in the Panemune castle park is open until July 23. After that the show will be moved to Paežeriai manor homestead until October 1.
The project is financed by Lithuanian council for culture.
Photography: Stasys Mačiulskas
Tauras Kensminas, Nest
Tauras Kensminas, Nest
Tauras Kensminas, Nest
Tauras Kensminas, Nest
Eglė Pilkauskaitė, Column
Eglė Pilkauskaitė, Column
Eglė Pilkauskaitė, Column
Eglė Pilkauskaitė, Column
Aušra Jasiukevičiūtė, Engirding
Aušra Jasiukevičiūtė, Engirding
Aušra Jasiukevičiūtė, Engirding
Aušra Jasiukevičiūtė, Engirding
Mykolas Sauka, Chapel Pillar
Mykolas Sauka, Chapel Pillar
Mykolas Sauka, Chapel Pillar
Mykolas Sauka, Chapel Pillar
Daumantas Kučas, Tower
Daumantas Kučas, Tower
Daumantas Kučas, Tower
Daumantas Kučas, Tower
Asta Vasiliauskaitė, Shackles
Asta Vasiliauskaitė, Shackles
Asta Vasiliauskaitė, Shackles
Jonas Aničas, Untitled
Jonas Aničas, Untitled
Jonas Aničas, Untitled
Jonas Aničas, Untitled
Daumantas Kučas, Chanterelle
Daumantas Kučas, Chanterelle
Kęstutis Musteikis, Soul
