{"id":25159,"date":"2026-05-15T14:00:55","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T11:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lndm.devmerit.com\/nacionaline-dailes-galerija\/parodos\/vsevolod-seva-kovalevskij-margins-miracles\/"},"modified":"2026-05-15T14:00:55","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T11:00:55","slug":"vsevolod-seva-kovalevskij-margins-miracles","status":"publish","type":"paroda","link":"https:\/\/lndm.devmerit.com\/en\/national-gallery-of-art\/exhibitions\/vsevolod-seva-kovalevskij-margins-miracles\/","title":{"rendered":"Vsevolod Seva Kovalevskij. Margins & Miracles"},"content":{"rendered":"

By weaving together personal archives, fragmented memories, and popular media imagery, Vsevolod Seva Kovalevskij reveals the gap between the lived experiences of queer people, institutional memory, and mediated truth. Queer existence is inseparable from the city\u2019s public spaces \u2013 where visibility can mean both community and danger.<\/p>\n

A monumental comic-style drawing takes us through the streets of Vilnius, London, and Oslo. The first Lithuanian \u2018Baltic Pride\u2019 march in 2010, confrontations within the LGBTQIA+ community at London Pride in 2018, and the shooting in Oslo in 2022 \u2013 events personally experienced by the artist \u2013 are brought together in a graphic narrative about life under conditions of ever-changing insecurity. Within the drawing, proclamatory protest signs, silent politicians, and the artist\u2019s \u2018off-screen\u2019 voice restore what usually remains outside the official narrative.<\/p>\n

The aesthetics of the comic book point to traditions of queer self-publishing, alternative archives, and autobiographical storytelling \u00ad\u2013 an accessible medium, subject to less institutional control, that remains important to artists and activists. A significant element of the exhibition is Kovalevskij\u2019s gesture \u2013 the reclaiming of the pink triangle. Once a symbol of violence and stigma, used in Nazi concentration camps to mark homosexual men, it is here transformed into a platform for queer voices, where being together and resting become acts of resistance.<\/p>\n

\u2018Margins & Miracles\u2019 is a non-chronological, face-to-face encounter with fear, trauma, solidarity, and the refusal to remain silent.<\/p>\n

Vsevolod Kovalevskij<\/strong> (also known as Seva) is an artist and curator born in Vilnius living between Lithuania and Norway. His work encompasses moving images, installations, textiles, photography, and performed spaces. He studied at the Vilnius Academy of Arts, Troms\u00f8 Academy of Contemporary Art, and Goldsmiths, University of London. He also participated in the \u2018Rupert\u2019 educational programme. His work has been exhibited at the National Gallery of Art, the Contemporary Art Centre, the \u2018Vartai\u2019 Gallery, Kunstnernes Hus in Oslo, Troms\u00f8 Kunstforening, as well as other art institutions in Lithuania and abroad. Kovalevskij was one of the initiators of the \u2018Young Poor Artists\u2019 collective and directed the project spaces \u2018Malonioji 6\u2019 and \u2018Sod\u0173 4\u2019 of the Lithuanian Interdisciplinary Artists\u2019 Association in Vilnius. He also founded the mobile art space \u2018InTheCloset\u2019.<\/p>\n

\u00a0The artwork contains content that may be unsuitable for children.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The exhibition is organised by<\/strong> Lithuanian National Museum of Art National Gallery of Art<\/p>\n

The artistic production is financed by<\/strong> Lithuanian Council for Culture<\/p>\n

Sponsor<\/strong> OCA<\/p>\n

Coordinators<\/strong>: Goda Aksamitauskait\u0117, Giedrius Gulbinas<\/p>\n

Graphic Designer<\/strong> Ugn\u0117 Bal\u010di\u016bnait\u0117<\/p>\n

Exhibition Design Producer<\/strong> Mindaugas Reklaitis<\/p>\n

Copy-editor<\/strong> Emma Stirling<\/p>\n

Acknowledgements<\/strong>: William A. F. Bentsen, Anouk De Clercq, Tomas Kir\u0161a, Svetlana Kovalevskaja, Erwin De Muer, Greta Vileikyt\u0117<\/p>\n

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