Aurelija Šimkutė I'm Still Looking, 12/12/2024- 31/10/2025
Necklace Tongues of Hope, bronze, polishing, magnet, 1/1, 1400 Eur
Necklace Borders, bronze, magnet, 1/1, 1300 Eur
Earrings from the Borders series, bronze, 1/1. 320 Eur
Pin from the Borders series, bronze, 1/1, 320 Eur
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The last few years have brought huge changes that have disrupted my self-perception, forcing me to rethink who I am and where I am going. The changes that took place opened up previously unknown parts of my personality, which, surprising and completely incomprehensible, led step by step to an even clearer vision of everything. The works are presented in the exhibition - they are like fragments of self-knowledge, as if the inner darkness that has taken forms keeps showing new faces: glowing amber in black bronze silhouettes - like a quest for a clear image of oneself, contrasting with the twisting dark unknown.
While preparing for this exhibition, I thought about the relationship with amber in my work and I realized that it is probably the only material that I often use as a kind of burst of heat, as a counterweight to the cold metal surface. Amber's ability to force its observer to search for light is a motif that, while prevailing in long-standing creative themes, has unconsciously entered into my being today. Shaking off the threads of the past that are sticking out everywhere, which keep getting tangled between the steps of my legs, I rise from the depths towards the imaginary surface in small steps in search of light, meaning and stability.
Aurelija Šimkutė
