Algis Griškevičius’ exhibition “Their Rituals” will be launched at Prospektas Gallery (Gedimino Av. 43) on 3 December, 5.30pm. The latest publication called “Stages” will be released during the opening event.
Algis Griškevičius artistic works are unique for the artists’ ability to combine various genres. According art historian Tomas Pabedinskas, “The juxtaposition of photographs and drawings becomes a hint of one of the most interesting aspects of his work – interdisciplinarity, which is linked not only to the conceptualism found in contemporary art but more to the traditional notions of art praising craftsmanship and uniqueness. Griškevičius, a professional painter, started out on his creative path by making paintings, then illustrating books and creating posters and scenography. Even when he uses photography, he creates more as a painter or sculptor. He sketches and designs everything in his head, and then later thoroughly stages the situations by taking pictures while also constructing decorations for them. He’s not limited by the regular position of an observing photographer; instead he actively plays the role of a creator by connecting different fields of art: photography, sculpture, and theatre.”
Algis Griškevičius forms time and the world around him by incorporating various symbols or signs which forms his own world. “If “the world of the happy man is a different one to that of the unhappy man”, then surely “the world of the playing man is a different one to that of the un-playing man”. And the visual rituals by Griškevičius prove it. His photographs are the evident manifestation of the playing man, homo ludens. Every game has its own nature that reveals itself when you start playing it rather than when you’re only observing it. That’s how the images captured by Algis work – they infect us with creativity, turning the procedure of observing into a training camp to broaden the limits of our imaginations”, says the philosopher Nerijus Milerius.
Algis Griškevičius (b. 1954) was born in Vilnius, Lithuania. In 1985 he graduated Painting studies, from 1986 he actively participates in exhibitions. His works are owned by Lithuanian and foreign museums, private collections.
The exhibition will run until the 25th of January, 2020.
The project is funded by the Lithuanian Council for Culture.
The project is sponsored by “Blue Bridge”, Ina and Darius Mockai, Petras Auštrevičius
