Out of There Event

Contemporary art from Lithuanian Artist
Laura Slavinskaitė
Curated by Karolis Gužas

The author arrives from the natural surroundings to Lithuanian capital Vilnius. She was ambushed by noise, chaos and rush. Capitalism artefacts started to manifest in her canvas – showcases, mannequins and plastic. The author let herself dive into a boiling and somewhat shining city life of a metropolis. Therefore, the last year’s period is represented by the painting “Organism” – moving, alive, screaming, painfully open nerve, sensory internal “I” of the author. Although, recently painter is interested in the connection between chaos, noise and serenity, silence. She begins to search for natures haven, wind shelter, listens to herself, her inner self, the depths of her soul.
This step towards harmony – the very process itself, movement, action – is the image of “For Empathy”. It’s an isolation, positive loneliness, an embodiment of bright reflection. With this canvas we venture from outer toxic glitter world into the underground. The Triptych “Gallery of Souls” is dedicated to the memories and their ghosts. This minor tone is not negative. It is a state of concentration. And from the meditative triptych we travel into “Sand Box” with our eyes and minds, the whirlpools of memories. In this canvas, the reminiscences become subordinate, prone to manipulations, corrections. We are no longer their hostages. Liberated creativity, playfulness rejuvenate us, cleanses us from grievances.
This way the works of this exhibition convey the phenomenon of cyclicalness– so close to the nature, human lives – for each of us. All of Laura Slavinskaitė paintings are born from sketches that were influenced by life. The simplicity of Laura’s works in today’s artificial culture is an irreplaceable value. It seems that the visitors of this exhibition are invited into this cyclic cleansing from the scurf of a routine and to take a close look into their true self.

Art critic Austėja Mikuckytė-Mateikienė