Event description
In the exhibition, the artist presents a series of photographs and objects to capture the fragile art of ballet, to pause the moment of dance, to let the viewer see and feel the rush of the spirit, the illusion of music frozen in motion, the physical effort of the dancers. The works in the exhibition reflect the everyday life of the students of the Ballet Department of the National Mikolas Konstantinas Čiurlionis School of Arts. The chosen glimpse into the backstage of ballet reflects the hard daily work necessary to achieve the impression of lightness and ephemerality of dance on stage. Vaiva Abromaitytė, who works in a variety of artistic media, seeks to develop a holistic expression of the body and movement in her "flesh and matter" photographs. In them, it is as if you are reading the French philosopher Deleuze's sayings about "the fold" and the complexity of man, nature and the universe. The artist emphasises a distinctive visual language, where the play between emptiness, body and material, light and shadow is of exceptional aesthetic importance. For Vaivai, creation is a constant process and continuation. The life-size photographs in the exhibition gaze out at the audience and radiate a diverse spectrum of dance energy. The exhibition will be on display at Užupio Art Incubator Gallery (Užupio g. 2A, Vilnius) until 18 October.