{"id":22977,"date":"2024-05-21T10:51:43","date_gmt":"2024-05-21T07:51:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lndm.devmerit.com\/vilniaus-paveikslu-galerija\/renginiai\/zygimantas-augustinas-exhibition-guarantee-at-vilnius-picture-gallery-of-the-lnma-shows-the-rewriting-history-and-reflections-of-uncertainty\/"},"modified":"2024-05-21T10:51:43","modified_gmt":"2024-05-21T07:51:43","slug":"zygimantas-augustinas-exhibition-guarantee-at-vilnius-picture-gallery-of-the-lnma-shows-the-rewriting-history-and-reflections-of-uncertainty","status":"publish","type":"renginys","link":"https:\/\/lndm.devmerit.com\/en\/vilnius-picture-gallery\/events\/zygimantas-augustinas-exhibition-guarantee-at-vilnius-picture-gallery-of-the-lnma-shows-the-rewriting-history-and-reflections-of-uncertainty\/","title":{"rendered":"\u017dygimantas Augustinas’ exhibition “Guarantee” at Vilnius Picture Gallery of the LNMA shows the rewriting history and reflections of uncertainty\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Vilnius Picture Gallery opens an exhibition by \u017dygimantas Augustinas, entitled Guarantee<\/i>. The artist invites to revisit one\u2019s relationship with reality by taking at it a fresh look. The exhibition is on until 30 October.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThough each piece and the series of works by \u017dygimantas Augustinas are underpinned by different and clear concepts, they are all linked by his investigation into uncertainty. This state of mind most likely is familiar to everyone, and the artist offers to take an unorthodox, witty look at our time and place. I believe that each visitor to the exhibition will find their own answers to these issues and will also relish in the exquisitely skillful manner of the painter,\u201d Akvil\u0117 Anglickait\u0117, curator of the event, places it into context.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cContemporary artists invited into the exhibition rooms of Vilnius Picture Gallery usually have to meet high expectations, while their original take on the past is among the most important criteria. Just like the artwork by Patricija Jurk\u0161taityt\u0117, hosted by the gallery several years ago, the painting by \u017dygimantas Augustinas exceeds these expectations. His compelling artwork brims with witticism, his technical virtuosity is married with a perceptive look at our present time and at the past still there. Few can resist his skills in self(irony). I am positive that this exhibition will become a major art event and will help those new to Vilnius Picture Gallery to discover the venue,\u201d Dr Aiste Bimbiryte, director of Vilnius Picture Gallery of the LNMA is excited about the coming exhibition.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

What is uncertain?\u00a0<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

At the exhibition, the painter confronts his viewers with the question \u201cWho am I?\u201d Is there anything more real besides one\u2019s self, one\u2019s own body, expressions, one\u2019s own shadow? The answer to these questions might become a guarantee, a pledge of sorts, yet his paintings start to obliterate the comfortable knowledge about our identity.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The artist lends his skin, muscles, his expressions first, to contemporary everyday characters, later \u2013 to historical figures. His real self seems to dissolve, by incarnating into others, the self-images multiply until finally that unique certain image disappears. According to the curator, there is imagination, play, laughter, irony and the feeling that certainty is, indeed, not even welcome.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The ancient Greeks knew a partial solution to the questions that are impossible to answer. Upon entering the Delfi temple where the mythical characters and simple mortals went for answers from the oracles, one was met by three inscriptions: \u201cknow yourself\u201d, \u201cnothing\u2019s too much\u201d and the third one, which clearly linked certainty to misfortune, but its meaning has been debated for several millennia.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Contrary to the ancient Greeks, uncertainty in the contemporary world has acquired a negative meaning, and it is being banned from all fields of life. \u201cGuarantee\u201d is a literal translation of the third inscription of the Delfi temple, and is used in the title with a tinge of irony.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Rewriting history \u2013 in hope to create a better world?\u00a0<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In one of the spaces of the display, the artist proposes to the visitors to relocate to 16th-century ducal palace. The artist does not create an imitation, nor a copy of the past. He designs a parallel reality, at the same time pondering on techniques of creating the impression of a credible image.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

To extend \u017dygimantas Augustas\u2019s portrait gallery, the artist follows in his footsteps and assumes the role of rewriting history. He claims \u201cthat the love story of \u017dygimantas Augustas and Barbora Radvilait\u0117 wanted a different ending\u201d. Queen Barbora died an early death, leaving \u017dygimantas Augustas, the last male offspring of <\/span>the Jagiellon dynasty<\/span> heirless. The artist undertakes to fix what he deems a failure of history, creating portraits of the son of \u017dygimantas Augustas.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The artist uses craniometric points of the scull of \u017dygimantas Augustas and Barbora Radvilait\u0117 to calculate the landmarks of a hypothetical son\u2019s head, then transfers these proportions into a portrait of the heir. To strengthen the credibility of these images, he paints one of the portraits in pigment, made my Simona Ruku\u017eait\u0117 from a stone from the foundation of the Palace of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The artist explores these historical narratives, to quote him, \u201cfor the sake of creating a better and more perfect world\u201d. He is not interested in facts, but in the very act of rewriting them.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Curator Akvil\u0117 Anglickait\u0117<\/span>\u00a0
\nArchitecture by design studio MOA<\/span>\u00a0
\nDesigner Vilmantas \u017dumbys<\/span>\u00a0
\nCoordinator Gabija Kasparavi\u010di\u016bt\u0117-<\/span>Kaminskien\u0117<\/span>\u00a0
\nProject supported by Vilnius Academy of Art<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Exhibition lenders: Noewe Foundation, MO Museum, Ieva Burbait\u0117, Algirdas ir Remigijus Gataveckai, Dalia Gruodien\u0117, Monika Krik\u0161topaityt\u0117, Vilmantas Marcinkevi\u010dius, R\u016bta and Tomas Osencovai, other private collectors <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Vilnius Picture Gallery opens an exhibition by \u017dygimantas Augustinas, entitled Guarantee. The artist invites to revisit one\u2019s relationship with reality by taking at it a fresh look. The exhibition is on until 30 October.\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cThough each piece and the series of works by \u017dygimantas Augustinas are underpinned by different and clear concepts, they are all […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"template":"","tags":[],"department":[80],"renginiu-tipas":[233],"renginio-zymos":[],"class_list":["post-22977","renginys","type-renginys","status-publish","hentry","department-vilnius-picture-gallery","renginiu-tipas-parodos-atidarymas"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lndm.devmerit.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/renginys\/22977","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lndm.devmerit.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/renginys"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lndm.devmerit.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/renginys"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lndm.devmerit.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lndm.devmerit.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/renginys\/22977\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lndm.devmerit.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22977"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lndm.devmerit.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22977"},{"taxonomy":"department","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lndm.devmerit.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/department?post=22977"},{"taxonomy":"renginiu-tipas","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lndm.devmerit.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/renginiu-tipas?post=22977"},{"taxonomy":"renginio-zymos","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lndm.devmerit.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/renginio-zymos?post=22977"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}