At “apiece”, N. VasiliauskaitÄ— presents her latest work, created specifically for the gallery. Here, as in her previous work, she explores the possibilities of material transformations, threads of place and time, and the meanings of rituals. The installation “Catch” consists of two photographs. On one side, there’s a photo she took herself in Brazil featuring fishing nets (2016), and on the other, an image of a random person’s netted bag with objects (2024). Both parts of the work are a continuation of one another, repeating the same pattern motif yet carrying different meanings and depicting different realities. These are two separate, independent “catches”.
The motif of the hanging photographs extends into the gallery space, wrapping around the glass surface. According to the artist, the recurring fragment weaves itself into both urban and natural landscapes. The “apiece” gallery proves to be an ideal setting for the installation, giving meaning not only to these landscapes but also to the surrounding rituals.
The exhibition’s title references the pursuit of luck, its significance, and how it is embodied in amulets and talismans. Hanging coins with dolphins—often called the always-smiling fish—reflect our desire to entrust luck to rituals, superstitions, and objects with magical meaning. In this work, the net motif becomes a way to “fish” for both catches and fortune.
Neringa VasiliauskaitÄ— (1984) is a visual artist, currently living and working in Germany. After completing her studies in Vilnius Fine Arts academy she continued to develop her interest in space and its relation to objects as an artistic practice at the Munich Academy of Arts (Germany). Combining various shapes and materials her work often manoeuvres between interior and inner worlds, using everyday motifs to explore connections to memories, nostalgia and illusions of other times and spaces.
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Exhibition curators: Milena ÄŒerniakaitÄ— and Aušra TrakšelytÄ—
​photos: Vytautas Narkevicius