{"id":22980,"date":"2024-05-21T10:52:55","date_gmt":"2024-05-21T07:52:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lndm.devmerit.com\/vilniaus-paveikslu-galerija\/parodos\/zygimantas-augustinas-guarantee\/"},"modified":"2024-05-21T10:52:55","modified_gmt":"2024-05-21T07:52:55","slug":"zygimantas-augustinas-guarantee","status":"publish","type":"paroda","link":"https:\/\/lndm.devmerit.com\/en\/vilnius-picture-gallery\/exhibitions\/zygimantas-augustinas-guarantee\/","title":{"rendered":"\u017dygimantas Augustinas. Guarantee"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>There are unanswerable questions. The Greeks had found a partial solution to this problem. The Delphic Oracle provided answers to mythical heroes and ordinary mortals. Before entering the temple, the visitors were greeted by three inscriptions: the well-known \u2018know thyself,\u2019 the lesser known \u2018nothing to excess,\u2019 and the third, the meaning of which has been disputed for several thousand years, clearly links surety (certainty) with misfortune.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Contrary to the Greeks, in today\u2019s world uncertainty has acquired a negative meaning. Efforts are made to eliminate it from all areas of life. The less room for randomness, uncertainty, the better. \u2018Guarantee\u2019 is the literal translation of the word <\/span>\u1f18\u03b3\u03b3\u03cd\u03b1<\/span><\/i> of the third Delphic maxim. Somewhat ironically it appears in the title of the exhibition. Warranty is an inseparable attribute of modern everyday life, which applies to the purchase of a switch and also when talking about political reality. We want guarantees everywhere and we seem to be getting them. But when reality shows its breadth, the web of certainty crumbles and uncertainty opens up in the gaps. Thus, it remains to ponder how to live in such conditions.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The exhibition begins with portraits of everyday characters slumped in office chairs, wearing sweaty T-shirts or new suits. These characters seem a little tired and unhappy, just like everyone else. Uncertainty can open up anywhere and unexpectedly. The turn of everyday life in the history of this exhibition is marked by the date of one painting \u2013 24 March 2022, when everyone felt the uncertainty. How to live on? In the exhibition, Augustinas leads the audience on a path of uncertainty. He begins with the Hamletian question \u2018Who am I?\u2019 only here, the words and the stage are replaced by the canvas, the study, and the introspection.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

What can be more realistic than oneself, one\u2019s body, one\u2019s expressions, one\u2019s reflection? Why is it possible to be more authentic? At this point, it seems, the basis (or a guarantee) can be found. Yet looking further into Augustinas\u2019s works, the comfortable feeling of knowing who one is begins to slip. Self-portraits leave their bounds. The artist transfers his skin, muscles, and expressions first to everyday people, then to historical characters. The real \u2018I\u2019 seems to vanish. \u2018Who am I?\u2019 incarnates into others. Self-image multiplies. The sole original is gone. The authentic one disappears. And what remains? Imagination, play, laughter, irony and the doubt that, perhaps, certainty is not so necessary. (Just like a thousand years ago.)<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

CURATOR<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Akvil\u0117 Anglickait\u0117<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

ARCHITECTURE<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Design studio MOA<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

DESIGNER<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Vilmantas \u017dumbys<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

COORDINATOR<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Gabija Kasparavi\u010diut\u0117-<\/span>Kaminskien\u0117<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Sponsor<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Vilnius Academy of Art<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Works generously provided by:\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Noewe Foundation <\/span><\/p>\n

MO Museum<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Ieva Burbait\u0117<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Algirdas and Remigijus Gataveckai<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Marius Grinevi\u010dius<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Dalia Gruodien\u0117<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Monika Krik\u0161topaityt\u0117<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Vilmantas Marcinkevi\u010dius<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

R\u016bta and Tomas Osencovai<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Other private collectors\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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