Justė Bernotaitė, Atminti (To Remember), 2023-24, painting, 45.5 x 61 x 3 cm
Year: 2023-24
Medium(s): oil on canvas
- £650.00
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Return - This work is eligible for return.
Artist - Selected Recognitions
- Award-winning artist
- Art in public collection (University of Ulster, Northern Ireland)
- Work showcased at high-profile exhibitions (incl. at the Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin)
Further information
Artist's commentary about this work: 'Long after human voices have vanished, memory endures in landscapes. Gardens, woodlands, and fields are reminders of the people who previously passed through, loved, and died there. Atminti (To Remember) considers recollection to be both a burden and a necessity, an effort to cling to ephemeral pieces before they disappear under new pictures, conflicts, and histories. The flowers are suspended somewhere between memory and dream, drifting between presence and absence. Even when recollection itself seems intolerably brittle, to remember is to resist oblivion. Still, in the act of remembering, there is the possibility of renewal - a quiet hope that what is carried forward may one day shape a gentler future.' Justė Bernotaitė
Justė Bernotaitė is an award-winning emerging artist whose work explores how the past leaves its imprint on the landscape. She is particularly drawn to the landscapes of her homeland Lithuania - its forests, rivers, and ruins. Rather than viewing these as passive environments, she sees them as active carriers of complex histories, ancestral knowledge, ancient folklore, and personal memories.
Find out more about Justė Bernotaitė and her work on the artist's page.
