Vytautas Tomaševičius
February 15, 2024 / March 13, 2024
PEACE IN THE EYE OF THE WHIRLWIND
This time, V. Tomaševičius drew inspiration for his colorful works imbued with light irony from the poetry and visions of the interwar Lithuanian diplomat Oskaras Milašius, and from the whirlwinds of events raging around him in recent years.
Geopolitical current events and intimate life in the author's paintings become the two main poles around which the whirlwinds of today's everyday life revolve. The artist chooses to observe them from the most unexpected and at the same time the safest place - the so-called eye of the whirlwind, where the sun shines and there is peace and quiet.
He voices this choice in the words of the writer Zurabas Džavachišvilis: "Being at the point, it is difficult, almost impossible to believe that soon everything will change, night will fall, storm, hurricane wind will destroy everything in your path."
"This is my attempt to remain myself, no matter what happens around," explains V. Tomaševičius, in whose works the viewer will easily recognize the stars of the political and cinema world, the urban landscapes of sleeping areas created in his own way, and the tangles of restless thoughts.
As art critic Dr. Dalia Karatajiene points out, the artist's universal aspiration to be oneself means having both one's own unique past and seeing the present in a unique way. The artist combines different times, applies different methods of expression: reality - abstraction, black and white - color, painted - printed, painted - drawn. Bright colored details and tangles of graphic lines that tear tender emotions highlight the paradox of the situation, invite you to think, create your own story or at least smile.
V. Tomaševičius’s work has always been distinguished by a certain reflection of current social phenomena, made up of elements of pop culture, fragments of images of the digital world, memories and moods. In the 27th personal exhibition presented to the audience of the port city, the artist once again investigates the raging world around him, bravuraly crossing the relics of the Soviet era with current art and pop culture phenomena.