Patricija Poškevičiūtė | ANATOMIUS PATRICIANUS
I've always felt drawn to both science and art. Atlas was formed out of a paradoxical state - avoiding doing things that I don't want to do, but at the same time being attracted to them. This state is marked by a constant duality: the desire to be in two spaces at once - reality and the fantasy world, the desire to remain practical but also to be a dreamer. It comes from an infantilism that is slowly growing into the skin of an adult, from a reluctance to play by the rules that everybody accepts - believing in magic realism and chance, I create my own game. Admit it - a painted or fictional organ is far more attractive than a freshly disemboweled body on a prosectorium table. When I create an atlas, I round off the corners that are uncomfortable for me, and I cover the uninteresting and unacceptable surroundings with the creatures of fantasy. "Anatomius Patricianus" is a drawing project, an imaginary atlas of anatomy that combines medicine and fantasy. It is my shield from the often "taken for granted" reality that I don't want to be in.
Patricija Poškevičiūtė's exhibition is the final work of the VAA Bachelor of Graphic Arts (supervised by Prof. Rimvydas Kepežinskas), part of the VAA Graduation show and the Culture Night festival programme.
Curator Marija Marcelionytė-Paliukė
Opening of the exhibition on Thursday, 6 June, 5 pm. The exhibition will be open to visitors also during the Culture Night festival on Friday, 7 June from 5 pm.
The exhibition will run until 25 August.
