Lupeikis Kestutis (R.I.P.)
Sphere, 2009
Prosecutor’s Office, 2004-2008
Table Symphony, 2012
Mountain, 2008
White, 2005
Hypercube, 2004
Painting, 2002
Welder’s Dream, 2000
Footsteps, 1999
Mummification, 1996
Bottom, 1993
Selected Exhibitions
Solo Shows
2005 – Paintings, Akademija gallery, Vilnius
1996 – Dreigiebelhaus, Duisburg, Germany
1992 – Juoda–balta (Black–White), Arka gallery, Vilnius
Group Shows
2011 – 54th Venice Biennial, Lithuanian pavillion, A project by Darius Mikšys Behind the White Curtain
2011 – 20 metų (20 Years), Retrospective exhibition of group Angis, Titanikas gallery, Vilnius Academy of Arts, Vilnius; Picture Gallery, Kaunas
2005 – Stichijos / Vanduo (Elements / Water), curator and participant, Antanas Montis House-Museum, Palanga, Lithuania
2004 – (No)Leader, Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius
1999 – Sound + Image lab, Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius
1998 – Liberated Things, Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius
1997 – Setting Sail, Trieste, Italy
1996, 1997, 1998 – Große Kunstausstellung NRW, Düsseldorf, Germany
1996 – Nereikalingi (Unwanted), curator and participant, Picture gallery, Kaunas
1994 – Group Exhibition, Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius
1993, 1994, 1996 – Angis group, Picture gallery, Kaunas; Lietuvos aidas gallery, Vilnius; Picture gallery, Mykolas Žilinskas art gallery, Kaunas
1987, 1988 – National Fine Arts Exhibition, Fine Arts Exhibition House, Vilnius
1986 – Aktas (Nude), Artists House, Vilnius
…there was a time I found it beautiful to watch the paint running, and I still do,
there was a time I found it beautiful to watch the sun rising, and I still do;
there was a time I found it beautiful to wait for the darkness coming, and I still do;
there was a time I found it beautiful to listen to how everything falls silent, and I still do…
Kęstutis Lupeikis, from „ANGIS“ catalogue, 2010
Art critic on…
Kęstutis Lupeikis joined the artist group Angis at the time of Rimvydas Jankauskas-Kampas’ death, so his debut was sort of unremarked. Later yet the artist much strengthened the more reasoned part of the group’s artists . He disequilibrated the group’s forces. His conceptualism and minimalism, his artistic attitude, hallucinogenic, though not detached from reality, opposed against romantic Angis’ artists, preventing them from dreams about themselves. The maturity of artistic development, this was his contribution.
Jonas Gasiūnas, from „ANGIS“ catalogue, 2001
Keywords of creative practice
minimalism, silence, simplicity, purity, conceptualism
Artists I admire
Herzog + de Meuron, Richard Serra, John Pawson, Damien Hirst, M.K.Čiurlionis, Jonas Gasiūnas, Ričardas Nemeikšis, Mindaugas Navakas, Jurga Barilaitė