On Wednesday, July 22, at 6 p.m., the Nisin\u0117 Gallery, located within the Ieva Simonaityt\u0117 Public Library in Klaip\u0117da County, will host the opening of Agn\u0117 Matulionyt\u0117\u2019s solo exhibition, \u201cUnread Current.\u201d In her latest series of graphic works, the artist explores the relationship between text and image, where words lose their legibility and become visual material. In these works, typography becomes not only a form of text but also a means of creating images\u2014letters transform into rhythmic lines, layers, and textures reminiscent of the sea\u2019s surface. Traces of letters undulate, flow in a stream, rage in dark waves, or shimmer in the sunlight. In the exhibition, the sea is revealed not as a landscape, but as a constantly changing system of signs, in which the written language gradually transforms into an abstract image.
\nThis series of works was created during the \u201cMalm\u00f6\u2013Klaip\u0117da\u201d residency. Even before leaving, the artist sought a connection between the two coastal cities and an opportunity to visually interpret a work by the Swedish writer Bengt Adler. \u201cBoth Klaip\u0117da and Malm\u00f6 are coastal cities, so the sea became a natural connecting motif between the text, the place, and the image,\u201d explains A. Matulionyt\u0117.
\nHer first works began as small sketches, as she attempted to illustrate the piece and convey its atmosphere. However, upon returning from her residency, the artist decided to develop the idea further\u2014to experiment with larger formats, color, and a wider range of graphic techniques. This gave rise to a cohesive series in which the repetitive process of hand printing becomes the most important creative tool.
\n\u201eThis series explores the relationship between typography, rhythm, and natural forms. Using a repetitive manual printing process, textual elements are transformed into abstract landscapes reminiscent of water surfaces, currents, or atmospheric phenomena,\u201d says the artist. In these works, the sea is constantly changing\u2014it can be stormy or completely calm, merging with the sky, shimmering with reflections, or quietly rippling. In this transformation, language gradually loses its legibility and takes on a new\u2014visual\u2014form.
\nThe maritime theme here is not merely illustrative. According to the author, it unfolds as \u201ca shifting, uninterrupted system of signs and rhythms, in which the sea is not depicted directly but is perceived as an abstract language.\u201d Letter stamps become not a means of conveying text, but rather as material for creating images\u2014the signs lose their semantic meaning and transform into textures reminiscent of the movement of waves, the rustling of the water\u2019s surface, or fragmented currents.
\nThe visual language in these works is based on layering, repetition, and fragmentation. \u201cInstead of conveying information, letters become a medium through which the sea\u2019s surface is modeled as a constantly shifting image. This creates a boundary between text and landscape, where the sea becomes not an image but a process,\u201d the artist summarizes her creative principles.
\nThe exhibition \u201cUnread Current\u201d at the Ni\u0161in\u0117 Gallery will run through September 5.
\nAbout the author:
\nAgn\u0117 Matulionyt\u0117 was born in Klaip\u0117da. She earned her bachelor\u2019s degree from the Klaip\u0117da Faculty of the Vilnius Academy of Arts. She has been holding solo exhibitions since 2009 and participating in group exhibitions since 2006. She has been a member of the Lithuanian Artists\u2019 Union since 2013. She lives and works in Klaip\u0117da.
\nGallery hours: Monday\u2013Friday, 10 a.m.\u20137 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m.\u20135 p.m. Closed on Sundays and national holidays. On days before holidays, the gallery closes one hour earlier.
\nPhotographs and videos will be taken during the event. Please be advised that participants may appear in photographs and videos that are published in various media outlets for the purpose of promoting the event.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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