Virtual Exhibitions

Jolita Šlepetienė’s virtual exhibition of paintings and ceramics “Hear in the Silence”

From July 5 to September 5 of this year, the exhibition “Hear in the silence” of the painter and ceramicist, art teacher Jolita Šlepetienė was open in the Perkūnas house-museum, and now it has been moved to the virtual space.

Jolita works as an art teacher at Ukmergė Antanas Smetona Gymnasium and Ukmergė Art School. In 1991, she graduated from Vilnius University, majoring in philology, at the same time she graduated from the Vilnius Western Art School, deepened her knowledge at VDA and PPRC in 1999. while finishing art teacher studies, in 2014 ISM LL2 non-formal educational leadership program studies. In 2015, Jolita was awarded the qualification of art teacher expert. The artist has participated in group exhibitions since 1994, since 2017 she has been more actively involved in creative activities, participating in group international and republican exhibitions, open-air exhibitions, organizing personal painting exhibitions, since 2019. by organizing open-air painting sessions for art teachers of the Republic, “Ukmergė’s Day”.

PAINTING
Jolita Šlepetienė’s work is based on nature motifs, her favorite genre is landscapes. While painting with acrylic, the artist also tries impressionistic expression, while in oil painting she switches to expressionistic. The exhibition presents works of soft pastel colors from the cycle “Sutikti peizažai” (2019-2020) painted on canvas with acrylic and recent works with oil paints. Landscapes include a wide spectrum of natural imagery, seasonal color dynamism. The author chooses symbolic poetic titles for her works: “Summer light clouds”, “Nostalgic apple trees by the railway”, “When thorns and shadows fall”, etc. The plastic forms of nature are rendered more expressively using the oil painting technique. The landscapes are of different colors: from restrained, solid to those with many connections and contrasts, transitions from pastel to expressive colors, unexpected connections. All this creates images of subtle feelings of nature, which turn into signs and symbols, into a reflection of nature. In the works of the painter, decorativeness and philosophical thinking are extremely important, which is determined by the mood, momentary inspiration. The composition of each work combines the harmonious world of nature, the landscape it creates is infinitely diverse and at the same time unified: it has so many plant forms, color nuances and at the same time it testifies to the eternal connection between man and nature.
Art researcher Gabrielė Kuizinaitė

CERAMICS
Jolita Šlepetienė’s ceramic works, as the creator herself mentions, are “games that engage and never end”, they are “something simple, natural, free”. Jolita’s creations, made with archaic molding techniques, subtly convey creative ideas that are reflected in the coded mythological motifs of the ceramic sculptures, the shapes of the dishes and the colors of the colorful decor. After looking at Jolita’s paintings, we can notice that the sensitive, vibrating painting strokes are masterfully transferred by forming voluminous ceramic forms. This is most reflected in the sculpting of mythological sculptures. By layering the “strokes” of the clay mass, the author creates several compositions that reflect the manifestations of mythological motifs, symbolic beings, and deities. In the series of works “Tales from a broken jug” using the image of a shard of a broken jug, the well-known meanings of Lithuanian folk tales and songs are masterfully combined into a harmonious whole. In this composition, the natural color of chamotte clay prevails, slightly enlivened by the greenish, yellow shades of the glaze typical of the traditions of old Lithuanian ceramics. The creator also pays tribute to the mythological creatures of the Lithuanian people by creating such sculptures as “Beast”, “Laumė”, “Sky and Earth”. In the works “Herding a Horse” and “Watering a Horse in the Black Sea” Jolita interprets the symbol of the Horse or the Horse, which in the 9th century In Lithuania, it was widely used in the decoration of wooden architecture, wooden household rakes, and ceramics, believing that the horse has divine power and the power of fertility is hidden in it. A wittily rendered composition – “Sparrows and Litvaks can be found everywhere”. By dedicating this work to the tailors of Old Ukmergė, the creator insightfully reveals the connections between nature and human factors. Another group of ceramic works are ceramic conceptual forms and vessels, which are characterized by archaic, monumental, “enhanced” forms by free molding. Based on the firing of traditional Black ceramics, the tableware composition “Mažieji objabiatojai” fascinates with its simple, sleek shapes, the silhouette of which is enlivened by asymmetrically glued openwork details – handles. Similar openwork elements on monumental forms can be seen in another composition “X form”. We can assume that in this way the author wants to add lightness, transparency and a bit of playful wit to the instinctively sleek, heavy form. If Jolita plays with shape and openwork details in the previously mentioned ceramic dishes, then in the series of conceptual dishes “Games with ghosts” the author uses the whole arsenal of creative means to express an artistic idea. Form and detail are combined here the author uses the entire arsenal of means of creative expression to express an artistic idea. Form and details are combined here, as well as decor made with colored stone masses and glazes. By artistically fusing glazes, using copper wire for decoration, after firing the works in the oven, an unexpected image is obtained, influenced by the high firing temperature and the synthesis of chemical reactions. This “thoughtful coincidence” aptly reflects the appeal and uniqueness of ceramic art. The third group of ceramic works reflects the fusion of music and ceramics. These are sculptural whistles “Session songs”, “Swepli dragons”, “Mythological vessel whistle” and ceramic composition “Drums together and peacefully”. Most of these works have musical possibilities in addition to artistic expression. I would like to mention the composition “Drums for war and peace”, in which the author combines several means of artistic expression – colored clay masses, granite, rope and acrylic. This shows that the creator is not afraid to experiment in ceramics and is looking for the most optimal way to express an artistic idea. In summary, we can see that Jolita Šlepetienė’s ceramic works presented in the exhibition “Išgirsti tylaje” have a unique character, which is formed from the artist’s desire to learn the subtleties of ceramic art. The free technique of performing the works and technological searches allow the unrestricted expression of creative ideas, in which the artist sensitively and playfully interprets the images of the natural worldview.
Member of the Lithuanian Union of Artists, ceramicist – Daina Daukšienė

Jubilee exhibition of textile works of artist Marijona Sinkevičienė “Letters”

Gabrielės meno galerija VšĮ presents the jubilee exhibition of textile works by the artist Marijona Sinkevičienė “Laiškai”.

The artist’s creative path
M. Sinkevičienė was born in Tauragė district. Occhiakiu km., currently lives and works in Kaunas. In 1982, the artist graduated from the Vilnius Academy of Fine Arts, where she majored in textiles, then worked as a teacher, docent. Since 1987, the artist has been a member of the Lithuanian Union of Artists. Belongs to the textile group “Esame”. Every few years, M. Sinkevičienė surprises her fans with memorable exhibitions, conceptual and contemporary art works. The artist’s work has already been presented internationally: in India, Greece, Warsaw, Tallinn and Riga. The artist’s works have been acquired by the museums of Gdynia, Krosno (Poland), the Lithuanian Art Museum, the History Museum of the Raseiniai Region, the author has created memorable textile works for the National Drama Theater of Kaunas, the Ukrainian Slavutičius Kindergarten. The jubilee exhibition of the textile artist’s works is being presented for the third time. This exhibition presents authentic written letters-artifacts recreated in textile form. The cycle consists of phototextile works, tapestries created using the embroidery technique. The artist’s new works use modern technologies and combine them with classic textile techniques. The letters record the history of man and mankind. The latest textile project “Letters” is the third part of the project “Broke to Being”, “Memory” and “Letters”. The exhibition features preserved real letters that enabled the textile form. In M. Sinkevičienė’s works, the dried flowers of the orphan girl placed in the letters become symbols of longing for loved ones. The works are dominated by muted colors, they create a nostalgic mood of the past, they testify to the life of former people, fragments of nostalgic connections and moods of the past.
The information is prepared according to the text of the artist M. Sinkevičienė.

Indraja Raudonikytė’s exhibition of ceramic works “Marsh grass”

Indraja Raudonikytė currently lives and works in Kaunas, Domeikava. In 1996, she graduated from the Kaunas Fine Arts High School, specializing in painting. In 1994, he improved his painting skills in the private studio of the painter Jonas Maldžiūnas. 1996-1999 He studied restoration of works of art at the J. Vienožinskis Faculty of Arts of Kaunas College. In 1999-2005, he studied applied graphics at the VDA Kaunas Institute of Fine Arts and obtained a Master of Arts degree. He dedicated a decade to creative and commercial projects. After becoming a member of the Lithuanian Graphic Design Association in 2014, she was invited to teach graphic design at Vytautas Didios University, and from 2017 until now she has been teaching at the Design Center of Kaunas University of Technology. He has been participating in exhibitions since 1993. She has been a member of the Lithuanian Artists’ Union since 2014, and in 2015-2017 she served as the chairperson of the graphics section of the Kaunas branch of the Lithuanian Artists’ Union. I. Raudonikytė creates works of contemporary art, combining both traditional and modern means of expression. The artist’s work covers many fields, including graphics, painting, ceramics, and even textiles.

In the virtual exhibition, I. Raudonikytė presents a cycle of ceramic works “Marsh grass”, which consists of ceramic cups – bowls – bowls, dishes intended for the ritual of tea drinking. Minimalist shapes, highlighting of ceramic textures, muted colors give all dishes a delicate coziness, bring them closer to nature’s colors and natural forms. Its author tells us how the idea to create this series of ceramics for professional graphics was born: “The idea came from a conversation with the Japanese about national aesthetics and rituals and traditions of tea drinking. This conversation took me back to childhood memories and deep reflections on tea as a symbol, as medicine, as part of a communal ritual. I remembered my childhood experiences, the knowledge handed down by my great-grandmother and grandmother about ancient Lithuanian folk medicine, and the tradition of collecting herbs. Even when I was a little girl, I heard stories about Japan and its culture at home. Grandmother’s friend, native, signatory of the act of independence, lawyer Kazimieras Motieka, who returned from this distant country, showed slides at our house and shared his experiences from the trip. The aesthetics of the souvenirs she brought were very different from similar small gifts brought back by her family members from other trips. My grandmother, ceramicist Vanda Giedraitytė-Čepulienė, held Japanese tea drinking ceremonies for her friends several times in her home. There was also a staged Lithuanian tea-drinking ceremony based on the traditions and folklore of the ancients. More than 30 years ago, many found it fascinating, but very strange and difficult to understand. My mother, like my grandmother, was a certified ceramist, but at that time, creativity was strongly restricted by the Soviet system, strict rules, norms and art councils. It wasn’t attractive to me, because creative freedom was the most important thing for me in art, and that’s why I didn’t choose this profession. After traveling around the world, I felt the need to return to my roots, to search for authenticity here, where I was born and raised, where my ancestors lived for centuries. Therefore, my ceramics are a symbiosis that combines Lithuanian traditions, Baltic roots and travel experience, and multicultural, primitive aesthetics. The modern world is very diverse, but in the long run we all begin to understand that we are more similar than different.” In I. Raudonikytė’s exhibition, we also see cultural connections that bring people closer together and actualize the connection with nature.
The information was prepared by art researcher Gabrielė Kuizinaitė

Robert Misiukonis photo exhibition “Nostalgia as a wonderful thread”

Photo artist Robert Misiukonis’ exhibition “NostalGija as a wonderful Thread” In “Gabrielės meno galerija” of the public institution, the well-known Kaunas photo artist Robertas Misiukonis presents the virtual exhibition of nudes “NostalGija as a wonderful thread” and one of the series of the exhibition “My dear”. The author presents a study of the female body in the exhibition. This series of photographs by the photographer Robert Misiukonis was created in 2003, and was exhibited and presented at the Kaunas County Public Library in 2006. At the moment, the exhibition “NostalGija as a wonderful thread” and one of the series of the exhibition “My dear” are being presented after a long break. The series consists of 12 medium format photographs, and the entire series consists of 58 photographs. The exhibition exhibits miniatures, variations on the theme of the female nude. Monochrome and color photographs dominate. In the photo series “My Dear”, the lines of the female body are subtly emphasized, while the women’s faces are covered by gas masks, which create a dissonance, antagonism, an ironic relationship. The combination of physical naturalness and militarism in the photography is unexpected, individual details update these photographs and bring them closer to today’s pandemic realities.

Photographer Robertas Misiukonis lives and works in Kaunas. Since 1981, he has been a member of the Lithuanian Union of Photographers. Creates in the fields of analog and digital photography. In 1984, he graduated from KPI’s Faculty of Electrical Engineering. In 1976, he founded the KPI-FOTO club, until 1984 he was the chairman of the board, and since 1986 the club’s art director. From 1991 to 2014, he was the head of the KTU-FOTO studio. Since 2013, he has been working as a photography teacher at the Kaunas School of Applied Arts. R. Misiukonis is the curator of the creative workshop “Behind the Frame” of the Kaunas School of Applied Arts. The author’s work has many connections with directorial and theatrical photography. The artist also creates using both analog and digital photography technologies.
Art researcher Gabrielė Kuizinaitė

Republican exhibition of textile art “Tapestry yesterday and tomorrow”

Republic exhibition “Tapestry yesterday and tomorrow” The republican textile art exhibition “Gobelenas vakar ir rytoj” was held in the Gelgaudiškis manor in Šakiai, in the Janina Monkutė-Marks museum in Kėdainiai, and in the Jonava cultural center from the fall of 2019 to the spring of this year. Curator of the exhibition is Birutė Sarapienė, chairperson of the textile section of the Kaunas branch of the Lithuanian Artists’ Union. Artists were invited to submit works made using the tapestry technique, most of the works are related to the expression of Lithuanian national identity, Lithuanian ornamentation, and historical motifs. Nineteen professional artists present their work (30 works) at the exhibition: Andrius Valius, Austė Guogaitė, Auksė Draugelienė, Birutė Sarapienė, Danguolė Brogienė, Danguolė Čachavičienė, Danutė Valentaitė, Danutė Jonelienė, Elma Šturmaitė, Irena Piliutytė, Laimutė Kozlovienė, Liucija Banaitienė, Marijona Sinkevičienė. , Milda Dulkytė, Rūta Narvydienė, Zinaida Dargienė, Vaiva Lašienė, Virginija Kirvelienė, Žymantė Poškaitė-Tamulė. Although it would seem that the exhibition is united by a clearly named tapestry technique, the works are distinguished by a variety of themes and styles, coloristic nuances, and experimentation. In the exhibition, we see the dialogue of many authors of the exhibition with the Lithuanian textile tradition, modern and postmodern transformations of the tradition. The organizer of the project is the Kaunas branch of the Union of Lithuanian Artists.

The exhibition was planned to be exhibited in various spaces in Lithuania and abroad, but during the quarantine period it moved to the virtual space. Read more about the exhibition: Link —>

Personal Exhibition of paintings by Zita Virginija Jusevičiūtė-Tarasevičienė from the series “Ode to Autumn”

Personal exhibition of painter Zita Virginijas Jusevičiūtė-Tarasevičienė’s paintings from the series “Ode to Autumn”

At the moment, a virtual personal exhibition of painter Zita Virginijas Jusevičiūtė-Tarasevičienė’s paintings from the series “Ode to Autumn” is open in the “Gabrielės meno galerija” of the VšĮ. This is already the second exhibition on this topic. The painter Zita Virginija Jusevičiūtė-Tarasevičienė lives and works in Kaunas. In recent years, the author has been actively involved in artistic life. Last year, the painter was granted the status of Art Creator. The painter has already organized her exhibitions in Lithuania and Latvia. She also participated in exhibitions presenting Lithuanian art: in Germany and Italy. The painter currently collaborates with the Public Institution “Gabrielės meno galerija” and “Bougie art gallery” in Canada.

The author’s latest exhibition “Ode to Autumn” is associated with autumn time, so the play of autumn colors and natural motifs dominates the exhibition. Each work is an expressive miniature of autumn motifs, colors and emotions. The composition of the frequent work is united not only by color lines or contours, which create a reflection of uncertainty and melancholy, but also by vivid stories about the state, the mood, which is extremely transparent and immediate in this exhibition. The painter’s paintings are distinguished by mysticism, mystery, undertones, dialogue, and are also associated with the tradition of abstract art. Connection with nature, dialogue with nature is extremely important in the author’s work. Speaking about autumn, the painter says: “Autumn is a wonderful time of the year. Nature gives us a lot. It is a reminder that human life is wonderful and at the same time fragile. Therefore, so many colors and proof that life is wonderful. The painter expresses these attitudes in her works. The series of paintings “Ode to Autumn” is extremely dynamic, marked by emotion, painterly lightness, diversity and coloristics. In the works exhibited in the exhibition, the author proved her ability to add figurative elements and natural motifs to abstract stylistics. The exhibition is engrossing in its elegant entirety. The exhibition is presented by VšĮ “Gabrielės meno galerija”.

Gintautas Vaičys. “Sonatas”. Virtual painting exhibition

“Painting Sonatas” exhibition of painter Gintautas Vaitis’s paintings is presented in the Virtual Gallery of Gabriele’s Art at www.gabrielegallery.eu. The exhibition is organized in cooperation with the Kaunas Cultural Center. In the virtual exhibition, the author presents the latest cycle of paintings “Painting Sonatas”, which consists of 15 medium-format paintings. These are works made in abstract technique, which are united by a similar painting technique, color nuances, the works combine pictorial forms and graphic lines in a collage manner.

The basis of the composition of the painter’s works are combinations of various non-symmetrical geometric shapes and coloristic combinations that unite them into a whole, as well as graphic fine black lines. The totality of each picture and cycle is particularly unified, whole. The author not only plays with colors and shapes, but by subtly combining them, creates his own abstract symbolic narrative, the elements of which mark the cycles of nature, seasons and days, moods, contrasts between internal and external spaces. This is also confirmed by the titles of the works: “Morning”, “Evening”, “Dance in the Sun”, “Dance for the Sun”, “Deep Lake”, “Spring”, “Deep Water”, “Salute to the Sun”, “Red Evening”, “Autumn Sonata”, Frost in the Sun”. What makes this exhibition unique both in the context of the artist himself and contemporary Lithuanian painting? First of all, we want to emphasize the stylistic integrity of the exhibition, the resulting and natural choice of painting techniques, the variety of colors of the works, which gives the pictorial narrative dynamics and a certain intrigue. The technique chosen by the author is a postmodern collage, which combines a variety of forms and elements, and is extremely consistent. The latest cycle of G. Vaitis’s works “Painting Sonatas” acquires the harmony and sound characteristic of a musical sonata through the image, which very suggestively testifies to the beauty of this world, and at the same time to the challenges and contradictions of modern life.

The author lives and works in Kaunas. in 1993 graduated from the Vilnius Academy of Arts. Since 1999, G. Vaičys has been a member of the Union of Lithuanian Artists. He headed the Kaunas painters’ section. He works at the Kaunas art high school, he is a teacher-methodologist. The painter has been participating in exhibitions since 1989, creating his works in the fields of painting, objects, photography and video art. From 2009 to 2017 G. Vaičys was the chairman of the Kaunas branch of the Union of Lithuanian Artists. Since 2014, he has been a member of the cultural community association “Borusia”. Since 2015, the author has been cooperating with the Public Institution “Gabrielės meno galerija” and the gallery “Paveikslai lt”, currently also with the Museum of Mo.