When I get up early in the morning and walk out of the door of my studio, standing almost in the middle of Antakalnis and looking at the forest, I can hear a train humming in the distance. Far away trains passing by. This phrase from the title of Ulrich Schnauss’s album, deeply engraved in my mind, keeps haunting me. Stagnation, silence, no significant observable action, just everyday life, passively unfolding somewhere in the distance. That kind of moment of stillness and transparency.
I can’t completely detach myself from the objects. The very moment I start to draw, my gaze or my thoughts unintentionally turn to some object or several, to some interior or landscape situations. I don’t want to say anything specific with them, I make them obscure. It really fascinates me how an object that has lost its specificity begins to act much more through its form and plastic qualities, to create new sensations. But at the same time, it retains some contextuality that complements the plastic effect with experiential and cultural associations. The aim here is not to construct any meaning, only the painting itself. Without saying anything and focusing solely on sensuality–the inner tensions of the painting, the meditative aspects, the melancholy. Without taking it all too seriously and sometimes looking at it with a certain irony and humour.
At the end of the day, I sit and look around, waiting. But in fact, I’m not really waiting for anything. It’s waiting as a state. Actually, nothing significant can happen anyway. It is both an inner feeling and an appreciation of the world around me. My gaze turns back to the horizon, stumbling over something insignificant. Both the movement and the view repeat themselves like a loop.
– Linas Jusionis
Patron: Renata and Rolandas Valiūnas
Gallery supported by: Vilnius city municipality, Lietuvos Rytas, Vilma Dagilienė, Roma Puišienė, Rasa Juodviršienė, Romas Kinka, Ekskomisarų biuras, MailerLite, Plieno Spektras.
Graphic design: Taktika Studio
