Opening of the Knot | solo show | Boundary Space | Fall 2021
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Trawling for Requirements
blind net embossing on Rives BFK, silkscreen, charcoal, pen and ink
88x104 inches
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Untitled
Multi color risograph print cut-outs, wall installation
2021 -
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Opening of the Knot
blind net embossing on Rives BFK, charcoal, graphite transfer, pen and ink
76x118 inches
2021 -
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How to Untie a Knot in String
blind net embossing on Rives BFK, charcoal, graphite, pen and ink
44x60 inches
2021 -
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Opening of The Knot / solo exhibition / Boundary Space / Chicago / 2021
In the process of weaving, a weaver's knot plays an important role by joining two threads together in a knot that will secure the threads and allow a weaver to continue weaving. There is a certain trust placed in the knot itself.
For centuries, traditional fabrics have held great importance in festivities, rituals and adornment of home interiors for Lithuanian people. Folk art inspired by nature has always been the source for creating and interpreting these ornamentations. I am fascinated by the patterns used in these fabrics and how they act as another form of historical and visual vocabulary not only between different Lithuanian regions but as a reflection on shared human nature that attempts to interpret the world and natural phenomena around us.
In my practice, I relate very strongly to the repetitive action of the weaving of these fabrics as I engage in my own repetitive actions such as printing, cutting, gluing, weaving paper together and others.Through this repetition, an array of patterns comprised of risograph-printed-cut-outs of my body and the spaces where they overlap refer to a conflict inherent in the struggle for identity, agency, and control. The individual body loses its particularity and instead the whole becomes a primacy of geometric abstraction.
By juxtaposing patterns against large scale prints and drawings, my work in this exhibition explores a multitude of ideas in relation to the word knot and the many meanings it may possess. Physically, these pieces are an origin story of the paper textiles and photo-based-performance works that are ongoing in my current practice. Metaphorically, the works explore the problem of human existence and are centered on the experience of thinking, feeling, and acting.
* Images by Tom Van Eynde
In the process of weaving, a weaver's knot plays an important role by joining two threads together in a knot that will secure the threads and allow a weaver to continue weaving. There is a certain trust placed in the knot itself.
For centuries, traditional fabrics have held great importance in festivities, rituals and adornment of home interiors for Lithuanian people. Folk art inspired by nature has always been the source for creating and interpreting these ornamentations. I am fascinated by the patterns used in these fabrics and how they act as another form of historical and visual vocabulary not only between different Lithuanian regions but as a reflection on shared human nature that attempts to interpret the world and natural phenomena around us.
In my practice, I relate very strongly to the repetitive action of the weaving of these fabrics as I engage in my own repetitive actions such as printing, cutting, gluing, weaving paper together and others.Through this repetition, an array of patterns comprised of risograph-printed-cut-outs of my body and the spaces where they overlap refer to a conflict inherent in the struggle for identity, agency, and control. The individual body loses its particularity and instead the whole becomes a primacy of geometric abstraction.
By juxtaposing patterns against large scale prints and drawings, my work in this exhibition explores a multitude of ideas in relation to the word knot and the many meanings it may possess. Physically, these pieces are an origin story of the paper textiles and photo-based-performance works that are ongoing in my current practice. Metaphorically, the works explore the problem of human existence and are centered on the experience of thinking, feeling, and acting.
* Images by Tom Van Eynde