Loreta Zdanaviciene, Embroidered stories, 12 June - 12 July 2023

"Her personal space is extremely important in Loreta Zdanavičienė's painting. The unique world created is reminiscent of diaries with notes in the margins. It's like whispers spreading through short pictorial stories composed of plants found in nature and their forms, placed in different stylized planes. These imaginative dialogues are constantly changing. In the closed space, the minimalist motifs of flower blossoms, fragile buds, bending plants, dried grass stalks, plant seeds, berries and conventional, stylized painting dialogues are combined. In this plane of personal space, dialogues of slowly passing time and silence are woven, reminding us of the philosophical traditions of Eastern art.
Natural motifs are mainly emphasized in the painting. Attention to the delicacy and uniqueness of the vegetation is conveyed by the contours of different transformed forms. In the paintings, vegetation fragments and stylized contour planes are combined, forming a frame that marks the border between the present and the past. The areas of the flowery meadow realistically and in detail capture the chaos, the specific disorder and rhythmicity of the unsustainable forms that are standing, lying down, crawling, swimming, crumbling, fluttering, and swirling. The ability to find different visual codes is most evident through the connections between detail and stylized, generalized elements."
Nijolė Nevčesauskienė


"Plants, flowers and patterned fabrics are probably Loretta's favorite motifs in her work. Therefore, it is not surprising that she chooses to paint on the handicrafts embroidered with flowers and geometric patterns, which she finds and receives as gifts. Each embroidered cloth - coverlet, tablecloth, napkin, pillowcase - is decorated beautifully, carefully, with great care and respect, preserving and highlighting the beauty of the old textile. Authentic scraps of material are often inserted into the base of the painting, reinforcing the impression of heritage importance."
Rita Mikučionytė