Opening June 30, at 6 pm
\nDuration: 2016 06 30 – 2016 07 23
\nLocation: Vilnius Graphic Art Centre, Vilnius
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At the end of June Vilnius Graphic Art Centre will be showing Fake.Landscape, a solo exhibition of work by young Lithuanian artist Elena Grudzinskait\u0117.<\/p>\n
In her artistic practice, Elena Grudzinskait\u0117 analyses the relationship of the individual and the territory, the limits and fragility of the parameters of space and time, the human impact on the physical changes of the environment, and the \u201clevitation\u201d of the notion of landscape between culture and nature, reality and fiction.<\/p>\n
The artist\u2019s work is marked by distinctive image transformation. In her 2015 series of prints titled Fake Moonscapes, the author employed graphic art techniques to process astrophotographs of the Moon, which she then juxtaposed with images of the mountains taken during her own journeys, bearing resemblance to the architectonics and the texture of the lunar vistas. Presented in this way, the lunar landscape documented reality and simultaneously mystified it, manipulating the viewer\u2019s perception.<\/p>\n
The exhibition Fake. Landscape features similar gestures. The author graphically depicts earthly terrains which were used in the film industry to create an impression of extraterrestrial landscapes. She displays these images together with a series of photopolymers which transform sites she has actually visited into unearthly scenery. The display also addresses the third issue related to artificial landscapes \u2013 the isolation and alienation of territories caused by the human activity and lifestyle. The exhibition as a whole questions the reality and authenticity of the landscapes, terrains and territories in which we have a stake, which we see, identify and perceive. It reflects on the effect of transferring the recognizable totality of a territory\u2019s natural elements to a different, extraterrestrial context. It is likely that what we perceive as a particular landscape is just a projection of the individual consciousness.<\/p>\n
Organizer Vilnius Graphic Art Centre
\nSupported by Lithuanian Council for Culture, Upartas
\nPartner Vilnius Academy of Arts
\nSpecial thanks to Jurij Dobriakov, Egl\u0117 Vitkut\u0117, Giorgio Ruggeri, Simonas Nekro\u0161ius<\/p>\n