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Kazimieras Sigitas Straigis: Rhythm of Wood
Kazimieras Sigitas Straigis is one of the most prominent wood sculptors in Lithuania. His work harmoniously unites the natural vitality of wood with explorations of modern plasticity, the memory of the Lithuanian cultural landscape, and a poetic worldview.
In his solo exhibition 鈥淩hythm of Wood鈥�, Kazimieras Sigitas Straigis presents his recent works, continuing his search for a living dialogue with wood. Through a subtle sensitivity to plastic expression, this dialogue transforms into organic movement, rhythm, and form. The exhibition features sculptures of various scales and series developed over many years, offering insight into the evolution of the artist鈥檚 sculptural language and shifting themes. Straigis鈥檚 works are not formal compositions but traces of a living relationship with wood, where the material鈥檚 natural essence鈥攊ts shapes, curves, and hollows, becomes part of the rhythm. The artist does not impose artificial form but listens to the nature of the wood, allowing its inner pulse and archaic symbolism to emerge. The exhibition is complemented by a documentary film revealing the sculptor鈥檚 creative environment, sources of inspiration, and artistic choices. As Straigis鈥檚 creative biography is closely tied to the 沤aliakalnis district, the presentation of the exhibition in the authentic surroundings of the Galaun臈s House-Museum lends it an additional layer of locality and cultural memory.
Straigis鈥檚 artistic practice holds an important place in the field of Lithuanian sculpture of the late 20th and early 21st centuries. His works intertwine modernist explorations with reflections on national traditions. In his sculptures, one can discern motifs drawn from Lithuanian folk ornamentation and Baltic worldview symbols, yet they are not depicted directly鈥攔ather, they appear as hints, fragments of memory, or inherited codes. His art shows parallels with the aspirations of Lithuanian sculptors of the 1970s鈥�1980s to merge folk symbolism with the rhythm of modern form; however, Straigis鈥檚 style remains distinctive鈥攄eeply rooted in the organic language of wood.
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Kazimieras Sigitas Straigis is one of the most prominent wood sculptors in Lithuania. His work harmoniously unites the natural vitality of wood with explorations of modern plasticity, the memory of the Lithuanian cultural landscape, and a poetic worldview.
In his solo exhibition 鈥淩hythm of Wood鈥�, Kazimieras Sigitas Straigis presents his recent works, continuing his search for a living dialogue with wood. Through a subtle sensitivity to plastic expression, this dialogue transforms into organic movement, rhythm, and form. The exhibition features sculptures of various scales and series developed over many years, offering insight into the evolution of the artist鈥檚 sculptural language and shifting themes. Straigis鈥檚 works are not formal compositions but traces of a living relationship with wood, where the material鈥檚 natural essence鈥攊ts shapes, curves, and hollows, becomes part of the rhythm. The artist does not impose artificial form but listens to the nature of the wood, allowing its inner pulse and archaic symbolism to emerge. The exhibition is complemented by a documentary film revealing the sculptor鈥檚 creative environment, sources of inspiration, and artistic choices. As Straigis鈥檚 creative biography is closely tied to the 沤aliakalnis district, the presentation of the exhibition in the authentic surroundings of the Galaun臈s House-Museum lends it an additional layer of locality and cultural memory.
Straigis鈥檚 artistic practice holds an important place in the field of Lithuanian sculpture of the late 20th and early 21st centuries. His works intertwine modernist explorations with reflections on national traditions. In his sculptures, one can discern motifs drawn from Lithuanian folk ornamentation and Baltic worldview symbols, yet they are not depicted directly鈥攔ather, they appear as hints, fragments of memory, or inherited codes. His art shows parallels with the aspirations of Lithuanian sculptors of the 1970s鈥�1980s to merge folk symbolism with the rhythm of modern form; however, Straigis鈥檚 style remains distinctive鈥攄eeply rooted in the organic language of wood.
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