This 70th anniversary exhibition is dedicated to ships, or let's say more broadly - to shipping. Unexpected, you may agree. True, Vilius Biskis served in the navy during the Soviet era. Of course, the Soviet army was not the place where the love of the sea and ships would come together, but amidst the silly slogans and hackneyed slogans, something remained in the young man's soul. They say there is evidence that ships existed more than 7000 years ago. They have always been needed for fishing, for trade, for wars, for exploring new lands. In the 17th century, sailing also began to be taken up as a pastime or sport. Ship models were also created and have been used for various purposes throughout human history: as ceremonial objects, tombstones, household items, toys and, finally, as works of art, as the sculptor from Šiauliai continues to do. The first models were made of wood, clay, ivory, lead and other materials, which Vilius Biskis also uses in his works, along with many more. In the Middle Ages, ship models were hung in churches to protect the ship and crew from accidents at sea, and the custom of sailors and shipowners to hang ship-votes next to paintings of saints was born. Ship modelling has given rise to a distinctive art, the specimens of which are highly prized. The plasticity of line in the ships of William Bischoff becomes his main tool. The theme of the sacred, mysterious and eccentric never disappears from his sculptures. You think that maybe it's a good thing - you can distinguish Vilnius's works by that. Most sculptors of his generation began to look for themes of ugliness and it became a fashionable "aesthetic". This is where the creative paths of Vilius Bisek and his colleagues diverged.
 What else is characteristic of Vilius Bisek's work? The expressiveness of gesture. And this, like the sense of colour in painting. The aim of the life of Vilius Biskys is creation. Maybe this passion of the artist has allowed him to be productive and to organise exhibitions.
 Fascinating and unexpected forms. You can see that Vilius Biskis is a mood sculptor. It is true that his mood is not always good. Almost always. Sometimes the sculptor dwells on a detail, an episode, but most of the time everything merges in movement. The sculptor Vilias Biskis should be included in the group of artists who live a noisy, bohemian life - where fairies roam, red wine is poured, the sun shines, flowers bloom. Maybe it was like that, but most of the time Vilius prefers peace and quiet, being in a corner, because only then, according to him, mature works are born. Therefore, without this artist, Šiauliai's art life would be different, that is to say, undoubtedly poorer. 

- Ričardas Jakutis