At the joint exhibition of Alytus creators at the Center for Audiovisual Arts, materials and human dialogues will begin

March 9 (Saturday), at 2 p.m., the “Earth and Water” exhibition of the works of Ilona Junevičienė (ceramic) and Benjamin Jenčiaus (painting) opens at the Audiovisual Arts Center (Kauno st. 9, Alytus).

The United Alytus Exhibition of Creators invites you to pause at the fragile but essential transformations and states of man and nature.

Earth and water are the primordial elements from which all living things arise. They are everyday, domestic, but they contain what is sacred to a person.

Is it possible to control the element? In the work of Ilona and Benjamin, it is a dialogue where they listen to each other. A person tells what is throbbing in his soul or hurts, and it answers. Creators’ works are primordial materials and human dialogues. Authors surrender to these elements, enjoy the indescribable possibilities of creativity and find their own way to “talk them out”. Do you read this speech? Do you understand what they are talking about?

In ceramics – meaningfulof trapūs natural processai

The collection of ceramic works exhibited in the exhibition is spread over three islands. In one of them, the stone mass in the anagama of the Karmazin Valley has been burned. It is a long and complex process of firing ceramics, after which unpredictable color nuances and textures of molten and vitrified ash appear. “Cocoon”, “Blooming”, “Awakening”, “Dissolution” and other works are close to the earth in their expression. The author Ilona Junevičienė reveals and makes sense of the fragile transformations of nature with a sensitive look. The creator observes and experiences the vital diffusion and invisible movement that takes place more inside the object (and person) than outside.

In the “Būsenų sala” electric furnace, high firing works are fired, in which Ilona combines stone mass and porcelain. The change of forms is important here, which is influenced by lighting and temperature. “Upset”, “Temporary State” and other works, witnesses of the impact, in which the author immortalized the inevitable transformation in ceramics. Human life has similarities with the processes taking place in a furnace. The works are like metaphors of human transformation, reflecting both the warming and cooling of nature, as well as the internal changes in the heat of relationships and experiences that shape the personality.

Island “Motherland”. An installation of porcelain, stone mass, glass, inspired by the work of Lea Goldberg, a poet born in Lithuania and living in Israel. The works of ceramics and poetry are united by the theme of homeland and questions of identity: why are we like this? Where did we come from? What environment did we grow up in? What do we lose, pushed out of our land?

Grmaster of watercolorsand works are full of flow

Benjamin Jenčius’s inseparable collaborator, water has memory and instincts. The works are full of musicality and poetry, full of flow, water frenzy, pure freshness, subtly invite you to walk through spaces close to the spirit. It is not just a masterful combination of colors, composition, and tones. These are just language tools, with their help the author creates worlds. Or even more indulges in watercolor trips, in which Benjamin no longer gets lost.

The creator delicately feels the vibrations of nature, which spill out on sheets of paper in the most unexpected choreographies of water colors. “The Lust of the Flooded River”, “Late Time Organ”, “Summer Vibrations”, “Spring Strings”. Expressive, but full of romantic impressions of the author.

Benjamin’s works are personal, some are full of a kind of mysticism, e.g. “Sacred”. The creator’s inseparable collaborator, water, has memory and intuition. Often, a pillar of light or a ray shines in the works, as if some kind of prophetic sign of providence. The author does not want to reveal these personal travel experiences, the viewer creates his own relationship with the work, and everyone discovers what resonates most with him.

The exhibition at the Audiovisual Arts Center will be open until April 6.

The text was prepared by art critic Gita Jakučionienė