Nijolė Nevčesauskienė, the curator of the exhibition, has selected almost 100 works of art from the second half of the 20th century from the collection of the Lithuanian National Museum of Art. Works in the still life genre have rarely been exhibited in solo exhibitions, and only one other has been shown in solo or group exhibitions. The exhibition "Witnesses of Everyday Life. Still Life as a Re(de)Construction of Time" will present lesser-known, unseen still lifes of the chamber genre - "silent witnesses of everyday life" from the collection of the Lithuanian National Museum of Art from the second half of the 20th century. According to curator N. Nevčesauskienė, "Vincent van Gogh  in 1985  painted a still-life portrait  "Three Pairs of Shoes", which  seemed quite strange to the artist's young colleagues. However, these well-worn shoes soon became one of the artist's most impressive self-portrait testimonies. The curator hopes that this exhibition will help viewers to see the everyday in a different light. The works of painting, graphic art, photography, ceramics and textiles on display not only represent a protest against the ideological Soviet system, but also encourage reflection and understanding of everyday life at that time. The curator of the exhibition highlights how the Soviet period influenced the genre of still life, what artistic means were used, how narratives, compositions, ideas of colour and form changed. She asks the question whether, after the restoration of independence and the emergence of post-modern tendencies in art, still life remained relevant or whether it dissolved into ready-made and other conceptual explorations?