{"id":22448,"date":"2023-12-05T11:33:36","date_gmt":"2023-12-05T09:33:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lndm.devmerit.com\/radvilu-rumu-dailes-muziejus\/parodos\/reeds-reading-by-algirdas-seskus\/"},"modified":"2023-12-05T11:33:36","modified_gmt":"2023-12-05T09:33:36","slug":"reeds-reading-by-algirdas-seskus","status":"publish","type":"paroda","link":"https:\/\/lndm.devmerit.com\/en\/radvila-palace-museum-of-art\/exhibitions\/reeds-reading-by-algirdas-seskus\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Reeds\u2019 Reading&#8221; by Algirdas \u0160e\u0161kus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A solo exhibition by Algirdas \u0160e\u0161kus <em>Reeds\u2019 Reading<\/em>\u00a0is the first as inclusive a presentation of the artist\u2019s new paintings in Lithuania. Algirdas \u0160e\u0161kus has for a while been most broadly known for his photography work. His last solo show of paintings took place in 1991.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">From several dozens of paintings produced in 2019 \u2013 2023, twenty-three have been selected for this event. Of the artwork produced during this recent stage, only No. 0041, of 2022, was previously exhibited in Lithuania, at the 2022 event <em>Sheets and Splashes<\/em> by the National Gallery of Art of the LNMA<em>.<\/em> It will also be on display at the Radvila Palace exhibition.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The exhibit is accompanied by an album of paintings by Algirdas \u0160e\u0161kus, a publication from the LNMA, compiled by the exhibition curator Virginija Janu\u0161kevi\u010di\u016bt\u0117 and the artist Gintaras Did\u017eiapetris. The book also includes only selected paintings \u2013 some of them will be part of the exhibition, others feature only in the book.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>The artist\u2019s purified approach to art<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to the exhibition curator Janu\u0161kevi\u010di\u016bt\u0117, all artwork by Algirdas \u0160e\u0161kus, including his most recent figurative painting, is linked by his unique, purified-to-the glow approach to art.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u2018\u0160e\u0161kus has compared his recent works to weathered candy wrappers, scattered by a lake. The only eyes that observe them are not of the artist or the viewer, but those of the reeds, which see everything yet nothing at the same time. The candies, the confectionary factory, the faces of the artists who designed the wrappers, and everyone who touched them (these faces and these wrappers) might shimmer somewhere in the distance, but the image of the painting itself dissolves somewhere in the shadows of the reeds, faded, separate, and immersed within itself.\u00a0 Along the shore, a viewer also stumbles, immersed in their own thoughts,\u2019 the curator writes in the new book.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Painting, a medium more flexible than photography<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Algirdas \u0160e\u0161kus, mostly known as a photographer during his long career, has also produced paintings, graphic prints and objects, has also published artist\u2019s books and photography albums.\u00a0 Several years ago, after his long experiments with digital photography and printing, he put photography aside and took up painting again. Since then, he paints daily. According to the artist, he returned to painting having realized that compared to digital manipulations, painting facilitates for more precision and flexibility in creating an image. In his recent works, just like previously, a story or a motif are secondary. His work does not concern with social reality, but is a reflection on a rather elusive world of contemporary subjective intuitions, events and scenes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u2018I believe that many of the museum\u2019s audience are assured of the subtlety, consistency and the unbending quality of Algirdas \u0160e\u0161kus\u2019 art. His albums and photography can often be seen at the bookstores and other exhibitions. His art is the subject of scholarly research. For the past four years, the artist has put photography somewhat aside, and has dedicated himself to painting. This exhibition, which took a long time to prepare, provides a unique opportunity to see, with your own eyes, his most recent artwork. No less thrilling is the fact that most of these paintings have not yet been shown in public and they leave the intimate atmosphere of the studio for the first time,\u2019 the curator of the exhibition Virginia Janu\u0161kevi\u010di\u016bt\u0117 unpacks some of the event\u2019s context.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_51764\" style=\"width: 2570px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lndm.devmerit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Algirdas-\u0160e\u0161kus_Nr.0041-scaled-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-51764\" class=\"wp-image-51764 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/lndm.devmerit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Algirdas-\u0160e\u0161kus_Nr.0041-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1974\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-51764\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Algirdas \u0160e\u0161kus. No. 0041<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>The architecture of the exhibition, and the moving outside the space of museum<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The meandering space of the Radvila Palace museum with its unique arrangement of exhibition rooms abounds in interesting vistas and the play of shadows created by the openings of the doors connecting these places. A perceptive viewer will note the differing in character ceilings and the arches of the entrance niches of this \u2018maze\u2019, a testament to the building\u2019s rich history. The paintings are allowed to spread out within these spaces with a natural ease, unrestricted by any supporting architectural elements, frames or colours.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">There is a surprise awaiting the visitors of the artist\u2019s favourite caf\u00e9 Coffee Spells (Pylimo St 38C, Vilnius): some of his paintings will be on show there for the duration of the museum\u2019s exhibition. He is a regular at the caf\u00e9, going there, just like to his studio, daily.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>From Lithuania to New York City<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The artist\u2019s photography created in 1975\u20131985 has already entered the major Lithuanian and the world\u2019s collections, among them, these of MoMa NYC and Reina Sofia in Madrid, it was featured by the 2017 edition of documenta in Kassel. His works are in the collections of the Lithuanian National Museum of Art and of the other Lithuanian museums, in the Biblioth\u00e8que nationale de\u00a0<em>France<\/em> and private collections in Lithuania and abroad.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">When Algirdas \u0160e\u0161kus returned to painting, the first presentation of his new creative period was by the Spanish gallery PM8, which represents \u0160e\u0161kus and several other Lithuanian artists. In 2021, the gallery housed his solo show <em>Balandis. <\/em>Shortly afterwards, \u0160e\u0161kus\u2019 paintings shined at Frieze London, the fair which relies on a careful selection of the young galleries receiving invitations.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Organiser Radvila Palace Museum of Art of the LNMA<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Supporter BTA draudimas<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Curator Virginija Janu\u0161kevi\u010di\u016bt\u0117<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Coordinator Vilt\u0117 Visockait\u0117<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Assistant Gintaras Did\u017eiapetris<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Graphic designer Vytautas Volbekas<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A solo exhibition by Algirdas \u0160e\u0161kus Reeds\u2019 Reading\u00a0is the first as inclusive a presentation of the artist\u2019s new paintings in Lithuania. 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