In her series of paintings titled 'Sparkles,' Liucija Pačkauskaitė contemplates how sentiments and the longing for the past change and transform memory. It is a visual narrative that captures episodes from her childhood in the countryside, drowned in the fog of nostalgia. Only this fog is different from the one that hangs over the fields on summer mornings. It does not obscure the image, but covers it with an all-encompassing sparkle. Some of the images that emerge from the past sparkle with such intensity that they can not stay in the mind alone. Then there is nothing left but to paint them. Traveling from memory to canvas, the narrow creek of the childhood backyard begins to fall in grand waterfalls, the hill of the neighbour's homestead becomes Mount Everest, and a whale's tail emerges on the surface of the village pond. The artist reflects on what catalyses this transformation of memories, what makes them sparkle and how all of that is visually translated in her work. The exhibition combines autobiography and visual poetry, where each painting is not only an image, but also a story - about what it means to remember, to cherish, to keep and, in time, to let go. 'Sparkles' is a visual journey through fog, streams, hills and the sparkling surface of memory.

Liucija Pačkauskaitė (b. 1999) is a young generation artist. She graduated with a Bachelor's degree in painting in 2023 and has been participating in group exhibitions and competitions since 2020. 'Sparkles' is her third solo exhibition and the final project of her Master’s degree in painting.