This is the debut painting exhibition of two emerging artists. The creators present works created between 2022 and 2024, in which they explore hard-to-reach and not always accessible spaces and objects.
Inga Ponomarenko and Audrė Tylienė are currently studying Painting (Master’s program, first year) at the Vilnius Academy of Arts. Both Inga and Audrė have been involved in painting for several years, but they also have practical professions in which they are actively engaged. Inga has completed studies in geodesy and forestry and is currently working at the Ignalina District Municipality Administration. Audrė has graduated in medical sciences and works as a doctor.
Inga’s paintings depict scenes of Chernobyl, which the author refers to as “postcards.” Inga visited this abandoned, uninhabited city in 2018, driven by post-apocalyptic curiosity. As the author states: “Observing the effects of time on humanity’s forgotten, discarded objects and places, and investigating the uniqueness and authenticity of materials, compels me to take pauses in life. After analyzing the entirety of the selected or created motifs, my aim is to draw the viewer’s attention, stimulate their reflexes, and engage them in the action of the painting through the use of color and compositional harmony.”
Meanwhile, Audrė draws inspiration for her paintings from her working environment – the hospital.
Audrė confesses: “When creating, the artistic and medical perspectives alternate; I filter creative ideas and painting motifs through my ‘medical’ vision and thinking, which is why I often incorporate images related to medicine in one way or another – using their ominous recognition as metaphors to convey the corresponding idea or emotion. There is an element of discomfort in them. I am interested in the themes of the fragility, vulnerability, and temporality of the human body and existence.”
The ideas developed by both creators – Inga Ponomarenko’s exploration of abandoned spaces and objects living in oblivion and Audrė Tylienė’s analysis of seemingly sterile, uncomfortable spaces and medical objects – address the traces of human existence, or perhaps just about objects and places…
Exhibition is a part of Lithuanian Artists’ Assotiation 90th Anniversary program
Exhibition is open untill May 17.
Adress: Drobės str. 62-308, Kaunas
Opening hours: I – V – 10.00 – 17.00, VI – 11.00 – 16.00
