'Thirst' by Adomas Rybakovas: Solo Exhibition

2 - 10 June 2023
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We are always excited to find new talents in a broad and ever-changing art world. This time we present two young painters: Neda Naujokaitė and Adomas Rybakovas, defending their bachelor's degree in the Vilnius Academy of Arts painting departement, with their solo exhibitions.

 

Adomas Rybakovas

THIRST

 

“Thirst” is a project that mixes personal experiences, visual and textual material from news portals, social media, mass media, and details of everyday life. Cut-out, recycled images from the crime scene intertwine with a finger dipped in still-sticky, drooling chewing gum, a rippling casino scoreboard, or a strobe-cut image. These and many other fragmented images lie on canvases together with fighting, or perhaps dancing figures? "In a crowd, the fool, the ignorant and the envious are freed from a sense of inferiority and powerlessness - it is replaced by the effect of brute force - temporary but powerful." (Gustav Le Bon, "The Psychology of the Crowd"). The innate need to gather in groups, desires, illusions, the authority of the leader encourages to take extremes, unrelenting impulses take over. The multi-figure compositions pulsate with pungent, "chemical" colors that leave a blurred line between aggression and (dis)pleasure. The paintings are associated with dance and club culture. This is not too different from riots, gatherings in sports arenas or peaceful communities - a crowd of people, like one organism, affected by the same stimulus. The aspect of the ritual is also important, the desire to gather into ‘neo-tribes’, to break away from the routine, to experience unique, maybe even ecstatic states.

Bright, large-format paintings allow me to affect the viewer physically. In a series of paintings, I try to create an intense, breathless atmosphere.

 

Adomas Rybakovas (b. 2001), artist of the young generation. In 2019 after graduating from National M. K. Čiurlionis School of Arts, joined VDA's Bachelor of Painting Studies. 2021 - 2022 studied at the State Academy of Arts in Stuttgart. Participates in group exhibitions in Lithuania and Germany. In 2022 won the Zabolis Art Prize, entered the finals of the XIV Young Painter Prize.

 

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Patrons: Renata and Rolandas Valiūnai

Gallery supported by: Vilnius city municipality, Lietuvos Rytas, Vilma Dagilienė, Roma Puišienė, Rasa Juodviršienė, Romas Kinka, Ekskomisarų biuras, MailerLite, Plieno Spektras.

Works
  • Adomas Rybakovas, Bag of Desires, 2023
    Adomas Rybakovas, Bag of Desires, 2023
  • Adomas Rybakovas Melted, 2023 130 x 120 cm 51 x 47 in
    Adomas Rybakovas
    Melted, 2023
    130 x 120 cm
    51 x 47 in
    € 2,000.00
  • Adomas Rybakovas Powder, 2023 96 x 100 cm 38 x 39 1/2 in
    Adomas Rybakovas
    Powder, 2023
    96 x 100 cm
    38 x 39 1/2 in
    € 1,600.00
  • Adomas Rybakovas Scribble, 2022 200 x 259 cm 78 1/2 x 102 in
    Adomas Rybakovas
    Scribble, 2022
    200 x 259 cm
    78 1/2 x 102 in
    € 3,700.00
  • Adomas Rybakovas Sizzling, 2023 182 x 93 cm 71 1/2 x 36 1/2 in
    Adomas Rybakovas
    Sizzling, 2023
    182 x 93 cm
    71 1/2 x 36 1/2 in
    € 2,100.00
    Adomas Rybakovas, Sizzling, 2023
    Sold
  • Adomas Rybakovas Stuck, 2022 90 x 70 cm 35 1/2 x 27 1/2 in
  • Adomas Rybakovas, Swirled Together, 2023
    Adomas Rybakovas, Swirled Together, 2023
  • Adomas Rybakovas, Tear Gas, 2022
    Adomas Rybakovas, Tear Gas, 2022
  • Adomas Rybakovas, Untitled, 2022
    Adomas Rybakovas, Untitled, 2022