At the same time, it allows us to rethink the notion of time \u2013 to bring together and accumulate the experiences and influences of the ages into a single image. The idea that painting, unlike any other medium, allows you to see different moments in time in the same painting has been expressed by the contemporary German artist K. Grosse. She emphasized that painting reverses the understanding of the present, the future, and the past because one is confronted with a multi-layered image \u2013 a representation of the accumulation of time. The writer T. Wilder also uses the landscape as a representation of time: \u201cOnly on the surface does time appear to be like a river. Time is rather like a boundless landscape, through which the gaze of the observer moves.\u201d<\/p>\n
Giving visual form to the layers of the earth therefore necessarily involves giving form to time.<\/p>\n
On the other hand, the concept of formation can be interpreted very broadly: from ecological challenges that lead to changes in regional climatic conditions, reshaping natural and human routines, behaviours, and landscapes, to geopolitical catastrophes that lead to mass migrations and environmental destruction; from absolute transformations (like the water from the destroyed Kachovka dam drowning houses) to the individual challenges of the contemporary world, such as the search for identity, the feeling of insecurity, and the effort to give a (meaningful) shape to one\u2019s existence and to confirm one\u2019s existence.<\/p>\n
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The coastal environment offers an ideal backdrop for exploring themes revolving around landscape formation. On one hand, the region captivates us with its scenic beauty, providing opportunities to observe migrating birds or gaze upon the Curonian Spit across the bay. Beneath these picturesque vistas lies a more fragile reality, marked by the ecological vulnerability of the local population. This vulnerability manifests in the flooding of the Nemunas deltas over inhabited areas, the evolving landscape due to the influx of tourists or temporary residents, and the long-term transformation of nature itself, accompanied by the region\u2019s general decline\u2014including dwindling populations and the gradual disappearance of once-sandy settlements in the Curonian Lagoon. Collectively, these elements shape a new landscape.<\/p>\n
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When working in a residency surrounded by nature, one inevitably begins with the landscape\u2014a classical genre that assumes diverse meanings across different historical periods. Artists are invited to scrutinize the role and significance of landscape as a genre in the contemporary art scene, along with its potential for evolution. Contemporary works that reflect on the genre of landscape convey meanings quite different from those found in classical landscapes: there is no expressed mood of romanticism, no idealization. \u201cFor us, everything is empty\u201d \u2013 this thought by Gerhard Richter accurately represents the contemporary artist\u2019s relationship with the landscape. Often consciously rejecting the idealization of landscape, the contemporary landscape can convey the tensions experienced, the catastrophic feelings, and the vulnerability of everyone.<\/p>\n
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On the other hand, as Lithuanian artist Agn\u0117 Kulbyt\u0117 has observed, \u201cthe genre of landscape cannot become boring\u201d; it is seemingly endless, offering different perspectives of access and approach. From the shaping of the earth\u2019s layers (e.g., the American artist Mark Bradford compares the act of painting to digging, where during the process of creation, the \u201cdigging\u201d of the painting\u2019s layers is linked to the topographic layers) to recording the changes in nature (e.g., the British artist Christopher Le Brun). The theme of landscape formation allows us to look at and rethink how creation begins, what a landscape is, and what form can be given to a landscape on canvas.<\/p>\n
The project is supported by Lithuanian Council for Culture<\/em><\/p>\n Exhibition opening at Latvian Association of Architects, Exhibition on view from 12th December 2024 to 10th of January, 2025<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":15115,"template":"","categories":[63],"class_list":["post-15114","renginys","type-renginys","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archyvas","post-wrapper","thrv_wrapper"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kintaiarts.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/renginys\/15114","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kintaiarts.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/renginys"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kintaiarts.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/renginys"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kintaiarts.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/renginys\/15114\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15117,"href":"https:\/\/kintaiarts.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/renginys\/15114\/revisions\/15117"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kintaiarts.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15115"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kintaiarts.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15114"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kintaiarts.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15114"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/kintaiarts.lt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/POSTER_LANDSCAPE-FORMATIONS.jpg\")
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\nTor\u0146a iela 11, Riga, LV-1050, Latvia
\nDecember 10, 16:30 <\/p>\n