From October 16th to November 6th, contemporary sculpture, object and installation exhibitions were opened in eleven different spaces and buildings across Vilnius. “Visits” is a project presented by Gallery (AV17), inviting to get acquainted with the works of both famous and emerging Lithuanian artists in non-traditional spaces, or ones that are unusual for contemporary art.
Exhibitions of different authors created unique relationships with their surrounding environment and architecture and offered a different perspective on the city’s buildings and spaces. Nerijus Erminas extended the interior of the Composers’ home building – which is considered to be a masterpiece of postwar modernist architecture – with his installation “Living Room”. At the same time, Džiugas Šukys’s exhibition displayed in the park of the Sapiegos Palace reflected the reconstruction of Vilnius’s permanent public spaces. At the Vilnius railway station, artist Danas Aleksa rethought the changes in human and animal behavior caused by architectural decisions, while the Vilnius University Planetarium became a temporary home for Tauras Kensminas’s sculptural series of spacial bodies and spacecraft fragments, entitled “Future Fossils”.
The works presented in urban spaces during the project touched on topics ranging from social and cultural relationships to current world issues. The objects on display created using a full range of different media – from traditional sculptural materials to light and sound installations – allowed the viewer to see the diversity of contemporary sculpture and rediscover the surrounding buildings and spaces. Participated artists: Danas Aleksa, Jonas Aničas, Evelina Dapkutė, Andrius Erminas, Nerijus Erminas, Tauras Kensminas, Rimantas Milkintas, Raimonda Sereikaitė-Kiziria, Rafal Piesliak, Marija Šnipaitė and Džiugas Šukys.
The project is sponsored by Lithuanian Council for Culture, Vilnius City Municipality, JCDecaux.
Photography: Karolis Milaševičius
Andrius Erminas, Bodies, exhibition view, Vilnius TV tower
Danas Aleksa, Unplanned Direction, exhibition view, Vilnius Railway Station
Danas Aleksa, Unplanned Direction, exhibition view, Vilnius Railway Station
Džiugas Šukys, exhibition view, Sapiega Palace Park
Džiugas Šukys, exhibition view, Sapiega Palace Park
Evelina Dapkutė, Out Not Oustside, exhibition view, Vilnius Palace of Culture, Entertainment and Sports
Evelina Dapkutė, Out Not Oustside, exhibition view, Vilnius Palace of Culture, Entertainment and Sports
Jonas Aničas, Observers, exhibition view, Merchants’ Club
Jonas Aničas, Observers, exhibition view, Merchants’ Club
Marija Šnipaitė, While Waiting, exhibition view, The National Opera and Ballet Theatre
Marija Šnipaitė, While Waiting, exhibition view, The National Opera and Ballet Theatre
Nerijus Erminas, Living Room, exhibition view, Composer’s House
Nerijus Erminas, Living Room, exhibition view, Composer’s House
Nerijus Erminas, Living Room, exhibition view, Composer’s House
Rafal Piesliak, exhibition view, Valakupiai Rehabilitation Centre
Rafal Piesliak, exhibition view, Valakupiai Rehabilitation Centre
Raimonda Sereikaitė-Kiziria, #selfie, exhibition view, Vilnius International Airport
Raimonda Sereikaitė-Kiziria, #selfie, exhibition view, Vilnius International Airport
Rimantas Milkintas, exhibition view, Scholarly Communication and Information Centre of Vilnius University
Rimantas Milkintas, exhibition view, Scholarly Communication and Information Centre of Vilnius University
Rimantas Milkintas, exhibition view, Scholarly Communication and Information Centre of Vilnius University
Tauras Kensminas, Future Fossils, exhibition view, The Planetarium of Vilnius University
Tauras Kensminas, Future Fossils, exhibition view, The Planetarium of Vilnius University
