Kazimieras Brazdžiūnas - The Lamb

The Lamb of God is a Christian image reproduced countless times in various media, a global icon that has lost its aura. The worn-out image does not even raise the question as to why it is or what kind of victim the exhibition is talking about since the first impression seems to say that it was chosen precisely because of its exhaustion of its meaning – as another ridiculously emptied symbol in the post-Christian, digitized being. On the other hand, you involuntarily begin to consider, that perhaps the lost symbolic weight of the icon is the victim in this situation. As if the body and blood of Christ are wasted and dissipated beyond compare.

Kazimieras Brazdžiūnas (b. 1991, Kaunas) – painter, curator who, in his work, usually uses quotes and rethinks other artists, contemporary culture and symbols, doing so by using spray paint. In 2018 the artist received a master’s degree in painting at the Vilnius Academy of Arts. Since 2012 the artist curates and participates in group exhibitions and art projects. His work has been exhibited in more than thirty exhibitions in such galleries as “The Rooster Gallery”, “Vartai”, “Pamėnkalnis gallery”, “Meno parkas” and elsewhere. In 2018 he founded the art platform of young Lithuanian painters “Counter-Argument”. In 2021 Brazdžiūnas won the special mention of the Young Painter’s Prize. The artist’s works have been acquired by Lewben Art Foundation, MO Museum, and other private collectors.

Text: Emilija Vanagaitė, Artūras Mitinas

Design: Rytis Jonikas, Laurynas Vaitkus