Tomas Lagūnavičius (March 26-31, 2024)

About

Tomas Lagūnavičius, an interdisciplinary artist and the author of the Post-Post Cynical Art movement, raises questions that are currently becoming crucial in the field of art: Artificial intelligence creates an overproduction of images, an oversupply in the art market, where the image and artistic aesthetics are no longer important. The price of the work becomes the most important object. This is why POST-POST CYNICAL art is pushing to the forefront. It is an art that not only deconstructs the impact that postmodernism has had on the art world, but also reveals the main characteristics of contemporary art. The first characteristic is IMAGE IMPORTANCE. It is not even about whether a work of art is beautiful or ugly, it is about HOW MUCH DOES THE ART COST? Or HOW MUCH IT ATTRACTS IN PROJECT FUNDS? Post-post cynical art puts this out there and its main art object is not the content, but the dimensions of the painting, the material it is made of or the copyright. The price of a work of art has no relation whatsoever to what the painting is. It all depends on the circumstances, on the place where the art object is exhibited, on the curator who curates the exhibition.”

About the artists

Tomas Lagūnavičius is based in Kaunas, Lithuania. He is a multi-disciplinary, multi-media visual artist also active in performing arts. Tomas Lagūnavičius has so far organised over 37 solo exhibitions, staged over 50 performances, and participated in 56 international biennales - such as the 13th Florence Biennial in Florence, Italy (2021), Earth Art Exhibition 'Balance' at the Botanical Gardens of Vilnius University (2021), Tower Bridge BOOMER Gallery (London, 2023), ARTLY MIX Gallery (Sao Paulo, 2023), ARTIO GALLERY Gallery (Toronto, 2023) or COLLECT ART Gallery (Tbilisi, 2023). Tomas Lagūnavičius is a member of various art associations, such as International Network for Contemporary Performing Arts (IETM), Stage directors and Choreographers Society (SDC), Association for Latin American Art (ALAA) or European Association for the Study of Theatre and Performance (EASTAP), among many others.

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