‘A Waiting Break’. From the series ‘Viktorija’. Vidas Simanavičius. Exhibition Concept and Coordinaion – Vaiva Simanavičienė.
It is customary, upon seeing the figure of a pregnant woman, to anticipate an expected future—the birth of a new human being. A break (defined in the Lithuanian dictionary as ‘the interruption or halting of an action or process for a certain period of time’) in the regular rhythm would here be called ‘maternity leave’. It is customary to consider this a victory. A male sculptor depicting a nude female figure these days would be swiftly dismissed by a progressive aesthetician as sexualising and objectifying. But how do customary perceptions shift when an expected break turns into a waiting break? What begins to appear as a new normal when events stubbornly repeat themselves outside the planned template? Can new values of victory emerge? Or perhaps it is… a progressive eco-response from the Planet to a modern subject who has come to believe in their own power? The creators dive into a dark cosmos of complex, stereotype-laden, sensitive topics: the arising of life, female and male identity, and personal and eternal values.
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The Lithuanian Artists’ Association Sculpture and Stained Glass Centre is located at S. Dariaus ir S. Girėno St. 25, Vilnius. The nearest bus stops are “Eišiškių plentas” and “Dariaus ir Girėno” (buses 3G, 4, 7, 7-2, 43, 51, 55, N8).
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S. Dariaus ir S. Girėno St. 25, Vilnius