The Gallery of Contemporary Textile Artists
Laima Orzekauskiene
Lithuania
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Artist's Statement
Respect for the craft of textile, topical content and modern ways of accomplishment – these are the basic features in the oeuvre of Laima Oržekauskienė. Prevailing is the feminine discourse and through it the artist’s works correlate with relevant tendencies in contemporary art. Images of womanliness are exploited and they speak of female experiences. The motive of female and male body is invoked. A searching glance of an experienced person, the cosy and sometimes drastic intimacy in the works of Laima Oržekauskienė become her art space which is saturated with tough experiences and deep contemplation. Her creations, based on woman’s introspection, are quests for human self-consciousness. They are references to the interface between life and death, femininity and masculinity, happiness and loss, vice and passion; they refer to personal stories, to sacredness and prose of existence.
Laima Oržekauskienė consistently explores classical techniques of weaving and she is opposed against tendencies of their simplification. The fibre she uses is not accidental: each sort of yarn (may it be of gold, cotton or hair) possesses not only decorative qualities, they also convey some coded message. The impact is strong, sometimes there is a feeling that you stand in front of a naked body or before an icon.
Deep absorption in visuality of ornament, symbols and traditional archaic weaving methods, their relation to the principles of contemporary art are at the epicentre of Laima Oržekauskienė’s creative activity. The artist appeals to Indo-European ornamentation, patterns used in Baltic selective sashes and pick-up technology of weaving. The cruxs gammata (a hooked cross) pattern dominates. While weaving this symbolically rich sign, the flat texture is achieved. Recently metamorphosis of crux gammata has become the basis for modelling magically voluminous body images, created by using computer technologies.
Laima Oržekauskienė is one of the most prominent Lithuanian textile artists. She is the winner of the Lithuanian National Culture and Art Award (2005). With her creative activity she has consolidated inventive approach of combining classics and advance-guard in fibre-art, meaningfully integrated craft and intellect, and also not forgetting for a second traditional womanly textile, she has waded deep into the river of contemporary art.
Dr. Rasa Andriušytė, Art critic -
Artist's Statement
Respect for the craft of textile, topical content and modern ways of accomplishment – these are the basic features in the oeuvre of Laima Oržekauskienė. Prevailing is the feminine discourse and through it the artist’s works correlate with relevant tendencies in contemporary art. Images of womanliness are exploited and they speak of female experiences. The motive of female and male body is invoked. A searching glance of an experienced person, the cosy and sometimes drastic intimacy in the works of Laima Oržekauskienė become her art space which is saturated with tough experiences and deep contemplation. Her creations, based on woman’s introspection, are quests for human self-consciousness. They are references to the interface between life and death, femininity and masculinity, happiness and loss, vice and passion; they refer to personal stories, to sacredness and prose of existence.
Laima Oržekauskienė consistently explores classical techniques of weaving and she is opposed against tendencies of their simplification. The fibre she uses is not accidental: each sort of yarn (may it be of gold, cotton or hair) possesses not only decorative qualities, they also convey some coded message. The impact is strong, sometimes there is a feeling that you stand in front of a naked body or before an icon.
Deep absorption in visuality of ornament, symbols and traditional archaic weaving methods, their relation to the principles of contemporary art are at the epicentre of Laima Oržekauskienė’s creative activity. The artist appeals to Indo-European ornamentation, patterns used in Baltic selective sashes and pick-up technology of weaving. The cruxs gammata (a hooked cross) pattern dominates. While weaving this symbolically rich sign, the flat texture is achieved. Recently metamorphosis of crux gammata has become the basis for modelling magically voluminous body images, created by using computer technologies.
Laima Oržekauskienė is one of the most prominent Lithuanian textile artists. She is the winner of the Lithuanian National Culture and Art Award (2005). With her creative activity she has consolidated inventive approach of combining classics and advance-guard in fibre-art, meaningfully integrated craft and intellect, and also not forgetting for a second traditional womanly textile, she has waded deep into the river of contemporary art.
Dr. Rasa Andriušytė, Art critic -
Artist's Statement
Respect for the craft of textile, topical content and modern ways of accomplishment – these are the basic features in the oeuvre of Laima Oržekauskienė. Prevailing is the feminine discourse and through it the artist’s works correlate with relevant tendencies in contemporary art. Images of womanliness are exploited and they speak of female experiences. The motive of female and male body is invoked. A searching glance of an experienced person, the cosy and sometimes drastic intimacy in the works of Laima Oržekauskienė become her art space which is saturated with tough experiences and deep contemplation. Her creations, based on woman’s introspection, are quests for human self-consciousness. They are references to the interface between life and death, femininity and masculinity, happiness and loss, vice and passion; they refer to personal stories, to sacredness and prose of existence.
Laima Oržekauskienė consistently explores classical techniques of weaving and she is opposed against tendencies of their simplification. The fibre she uses is not accidental: each sort of yarn (may it be of gold, cotton or hair) possesses not only decorative qualities, they also convey some coded message. The impact is strong, sometimes there is a feeling that you stand in front of a naked body or before an icon.
Deep absorption in visuality of ornament, symbols and traditional archaic weaving methods, their relation to the principles of contemporary art are at the epicentre of Laima Oržekauskienė’s creative activity. The artist appeals to Indo-European ornamentation, patterns used in Baltic selective sashes and pick-up technology of weaving. The cruxs gammata (a hooked cross) pattern dominates. While weaving this symbolically rich sign, the flat texture is achieved. Recently metamorphosis of crux gammata has become the basis for modelling magically voluminous body images, created by using computer technologies.
Laima Oržekauskienė is one of the most prominent Lithuanian textile artists. She is the winner of the Lithuanian National Culture and Art Award (2005). With her creative activity she has consolidated inventive approach of combining classics and advance-guard in fibre-art, meaningfully integrated craft and intellect, and also not forgetting for a second traditional womanly textile, she has waded deep into the river of contemporary art.
Dr. Rasa Andriušytė, Art critic -
Artist's Statement
Respect for the craft of textile, topical content and modern ways of accomplishment – these are the basic features in the oeuvre of Laima Oržekauskienė. Prevailing is the feminine discourse and through it the artist’s works correlate with relevant tendencies in contemporary art. Images of womanliness are exploited and they speak of female experiences. The motive of female and male body is invoked. A searching glance of an experienced person, the cosy and sometimes drastic intimacy in the works of Laima Oržekauskienė become her art space which is saturated with tough experiences and deep contemplation. Her creations, based on woman’s introspection, are quests for human self-consciousness. They are references to the interface between life and death, femininity and masculinity, happiness and loss, vice and passion; they refer to personal stories, to sacredness and prose of existence.
Laima Oržekauskienė consistently explores classical techniques of weaving and she is opposed against tendencies of their simplification. The fibre she uses is not accidental: each sort of yarn (may it be of gold, cotton or hair) possesses not only decorative qualities, they also convey some coded message. The impact is strong, sometimes there is a feeling that you stand in front of a naked body or before an icon.
Deep absorption in visuality of ornament, symbols and traditional archaic weaving methods, their relation to the principles of contemporary art are at the epicentre of Laima Oržekauskienė’s creative activity. The artist appeals to Indo-European ornamentation, patterns used in Baltic selective sashes and pick-up technology of weaving. The cruxs gammata (a hooked cross) pattern dominates. While weaving this symbolically rich sign, the flat texture is achieved. Recently metamorphosis of crux gammata has become the basis for modelling magically voluminous body images, created by using computer technologies.
Laima Oržekauskienė is one of the most prominent Lithuanian textile artists. She is the winner of the Lithuanian National Culture and Art Award (2005). With her creative activity she has consolidated inventive approach of combining classics and advance-guard in fibre-art, meaningfully integrated craft and intellect, and also not forgetting for a second traditional womanly textile, she has waded deep into the river of contemporary art.
Dr. Rasa Andriušytė, Art critic -
Artist's Statement
Respect for the craft of textile, topical content and modern ways of accomplishment – these are the basic features in the oeuvre of Laima Oržekauskienė. Prevailing is the feminine discourse and through it the artist’s works correlate with relevant tendencies in contemporary art. Images of womanliness are exploited and they speak of female experiences. The motive of female and male body is invoked. A searching glance of an experienced person, the cosy and sometimes drastic intimacy in the works of Laima Oržekauskienė become her art space which is saturated with tough experiences and deep contemplation. Her creations, based on woman’s introspection, are quests for human self-consciousness. They are references to the interface between life and death, femininity and masculinity, happiness and loss, vice and passion; they refer to personal stories, to sacredness and prose of existence.
Laima Oržekauskienė consistently explores classical techniques of weaving and she is opposed against tendencies of their simplification. The fibre she uses is not accidental: each sort of yarn (may it be of gold, cotton or hair) possesses not only decorative qualities, they also convey some coded message. The impact is strong, sometimes there is a feeling that you stand in front of a naked body or before an icon.
Deep absorption in visuality of ornament, symbols and traditional archaic weaving methods, their relation to the principles of contemporary art are at the epicentre of Laima Oržekauskienė’s creative activity. The artist appeals to Indo-European ornamentation, patterns used in Baltic selective sashes and pick-up technology of weaving. The cruxs gammata (a hooked cross) pattern dominates. While weaving this symbolically rich sign, the flat texture is achieved. Recently metamorphosis of crux gammata has become the basis for modelling magically voluminous body images, created by using computer technologies.
Laima Oržekauskienė is one of the most prominent Lithuanian textile artists. She is the winner of the Lithuanian National Culture and Art Award (2005). With her creative activity she has consolidated inventive approach of combining classics and advance-guard in fibre-art, meaningfully integrated craft and intellect, and also not forgetting for a second traditional womanly textile, she has waded deep into the river of contemporary art.
Dr. Rasa Andriušytė, Art critic -
Artist's Statement
Respect for the craft of textile, topical content and modern ways of accomplishment – these are the basic features in the oeuvre of Laima Oržekauskienė. Prevailing is the feminine discourse and through it the artist’s works correlate with relevant tendencies in contemporary art. Images of womanliness are exploited and they speak of female experiences. The motive of female and male body is invoked. A searching glance of an experienced person, the cosy and sometimes drastic intimacy in the works of Laima Oržekauskienė become her art space which is saturated with tough experiences and deep contemplation. Her creations, based on woman’s introspection, are quests for human self-consciousness. They are references to the interface between life and death, femininity and masculinity, happiness and loss, vice and passion; they refer to personal stories, to sacredness and prose of existence.
Laima Oržekauskienė consistently explores classical techniques of weaving and she is opposed against tendencies of their simplification. The fibre she uses is not accidental: each sort of yarn (may it be of gold, cotton or hair) possesses not only decorative qualities, they also convey some coded message. The impact is strong, sometimes there is a feeling that you stand in front of a naked body or before an icon.
Deep absorption in visuality of ornament, symbols and traditional archaic weaving methods, their relation to the principles of contemporary art are at the epicentre of Laima Oržekauskienė’s creative activity. The artist appeals to Indo-European ornamentation, patterns used in Baltic selective sashes and pick-up technology of weaving. The cruxs gammata (a hooked cross) pattern dominates. While weaving this symbolically rich sign, the flat texture is achieved. Recently metamorphosis of crux gammata has become the basis for modelling magically voluminous body images, created by using computer technologies.
Laima Oržekauskienė is one of the most prominent Lithuanian textile artists. She is the winner of the Lithuanian National Culture and Art Award (2005). With her creative activity she has consolidated inventive approach of combining classics and advance-guard in fibre-art, meaningfully integrated craft and intellect, and also not forgetting for a second traditional womanly textile, she has waded deep into the river of contemporary art.
Dr. Rasa Andriušytė, Art critic
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