Price: €4620
Representation of the figure of a living model is one of the key stages of becoming a professional artist, so it is often associated with academicism and is often pushed to the margins in contemporary art. Authors promoting academic drawing seek to deconstruct the subordination of academicism, using figure representation not only as an auxiliary tool, but also as an artistic basis in their works. The exhibition presents works of the drawing genre of artists who are actively creating today and their interpretations, as well as a collection of drawings by teachers and former students of the VDA, which are preserved in the funds of the VDA museum and have acquired historical status.
Photo from:https://www.arkagalerija.lt/visos/parodos/piesinio-paroda-figura-2023
Art critic Antanas Ulčinas, who is curating the exhibition, wonders whether drawing in modern times can be a process that opens up possibilities, or is it just a way of representing the past? According to him, “[in] the modern world, which is going through a value crisis, there is an intimate space of drawing that has an inevitable effect on the viewers. In the confrontation with this kind of art, the viewer feels that he has invaded the very personal, intimate space of the creator – a process in which the human body becomes not only a visual spot or an abstraction. It acquires the necessary vitality and subtly open privacy”.
In addition to pencil or charcoal drawings, other techniques are also exhibited – paint, watercolor, etc. – made figurative works that refer to the shift of academic drawing from traditional linearity to the still relevant issue of exposing physicality in art.
The exhibition is part of the creative program of the Union of Lithuanian Artists and the gallery “Arka”. The activities of the organization are financed by the Lithuanian Council of Culture.
Galerii nimi: Arka Gallery
Address: Aušros Vartų gatvė 7, Vilnius, Lithuania
Opening hours: Wed-Fri 12:00 - 20:00 Sat-Sun 12:00 - 17:00
Open: 24.02.2023 — 23.03.2023
Address: Aušros Vartų gatvė 7, Vilnius, Lithuania
Opening hours: Wed-Fri 12:00 - 20:00 Sat-Sun 12:00 - 17:00
Open: 24.02.2023 — 23.03.2023
