You are here

Confessional Portrayals-Drawings on Recycled Paper 2018-2024

Type:

Country:

City:

Categories:

Exhibition Type:

How many artists: 
1

How many exhibition works:

Price Range: 
$200 to
$1200

Exhibition Total Value:

Date: 
Friday, 6 September 2024 to Sunday, 29 September 2024
Opening: 
Friday, 6 September 2024 - 5:15pm to 9:30pm

Confessional Portrayals: Drawings on Recycled Paper, 2018-2024, a solo exhibition by Lithuanian artist Rasa Vaisvilaite, will be on view at SLA Art Space from September 6–29, 2024. The exhibition presents over a hundred works from Vaisvilaite’s latest series of drawings, created over the past six years.

 

Composed on recycled paper, these hauntingly beautiful images span the years 2018 to 2024, forming a narrative that is both personal and biographical, as well as imaginary. The drawings, deeply influenced by various events from the artist’s life, explore themes of loneliness, alienation, terror, and vulnerability. In her work, Vaisvilaite portrays herself as both the artist and the subject; her face is often visible but frequently disguised, altered, or enveloped by symbolic objects, animals, and plants.

 

On the back of one of her drawings, she writes: “Mysterium tremendum et fascinans,” a phrase from philosopher and theologian Rudolf Otto that translates to “a fearful and fascinating mystery.” She adds, “thank God there is something to color tomorrow.”

 

The works featured in this exhibition offer a glimpse into universal human experiences, balancing misery and sublime joy, often with a touch of humor.

Curator :

Artist ( Description ): 

Rasa Vaisvilaite was born in Vilnius, Lithuania, and studied art at the Vilnius Art Academy. Her work spans various media, including animation, video editing, graphic design, and street art.

Currently residing in Bergen, Norway, Vaisvilaite captures life's fleeting moments through a personal landscape that blends human, natural, and built imagery. She prefers working with pen and pencils on recycled paper, old school notebooks, and cardboard boxes. As she explains, “Expensive paper scares me; I’m afraid of ruining it.”

In 2021, she collaborated closely with poet and performer Faith Hylingaer on the book Love Letters, published in New York.

Telephone: 
6463054600
Venue ( Address ): 

307 w 30th st. New York, NY 10001

 

 


 

Follow @_artweek

 


 

 

Other events from Francine Rogers

view
EARTHBOUND: THE ART OF CERAMICS
12/06/2024 to 01/05/2025
view
800 Portraits of the People I Don’t Know
11/13/2024 to 11/27/2024
view
WINGS, a solo exhibition by Lithuanian artist Inesa Antanauskiene
10/03/2024 to 10/26/2024
view
Confessional Portrayals-Drawings on Recycled Paper 2018-2024
09/06/2024 to 09/29/2024

Pages

 

Related Shows This Week

view
MADE OF THE STARS :: Holiday Exhibition and Boutique
12/07/2024 to 12/21/2024
view
WITCHGRASS
12/13/2024 to 01/11/2025
view
OPENING & RECEPTION: JUAN LUIS JARDÍ The Cinema of Memory
11/16/2024 to 01/04/2025
view
Richard Membrino - 'Post Modern Modernism' (A Retrospective)
11/02/2024 to 12/31/2024
view
Eric Hesse: Where The Space Is Thin
11/16/2024 to 12/21/2024
view
"The Things I Want to Tell You," April D. Felipe, Andréa Keys Connell, Kensuke Yamada
11/08/2024 to 12/20/2024
view
Megan Seiter: Bloom
12/14/2024 to 02/01/2025
view
Petite de Alebrijes. The Palette Particles Within.
12/07/2024 to 01/04/2025

Pages