Artwork in the room
Arvydas Kašauskas was born in 1959 in Vilnius. From 1977 to 1982, he studied fresco and mosaic at the Vilnius Academy of Arts.
“The quality of art remains a matter of the author’s ambition and integrity,” says Kašauskas. In simple terms, art is good when the artist cares and stays honest.
Kašauskas was trained in monumental art—a discipline focused on scale, structure, and permanence. This background still shapes his work today. He approaches painting not as simple depiction, but as construction: each piece is built, carrying a sense of weight and space.
After the fall of the Soviet regime, he began working independently, moving from public, state-commissioned frescoes to more intimate canvas works. While the scale changed, his material approach remained.
Paint is not just applied—it is scraped, pressed, and layered, creating dense, tactile surfaces. His work balances control with unpredictability.
Looking back, Kašauskas describes his early artistic drive as a search for “a brighter, more compelling life,” shaped by a time when art held a distinct cultural role.
Today, he sees creativity as something open to everyone—not limited to artists, but available to anyone shaping their life with intention.
Landscape remains a constant in his work. Often painting outdoors, he draws from the energy of place and shared creative experience. Even in abstraction, nature is still present—reduced to rhythm, form, and space.
For Kašauskas, every painting is, ultimately, an abstraction.
About this artwork+
The painting displays an abstract landscape rendered in bold and expressive strokes, dominated by a vibrant palette. A striking red horizon bisects the canvas, suggesting perhaps a sunset or the fiery glow of dusk, above which a vast expanse of turquoise sky stretches, marked by textured lines and streaks that give a dynamic feel to the heavens. Below this vivid horizon, the middle ground is filled with translucent reds and hints of skeletal trees or vegetation, creating depth and contrast. The foreground is a complex layering of earthy tones—russets, browns, greys, and muted purples—interlaced with brighter patches of white, pink, and orange, insinuating a rugged terrain or reflective water body edged by the embankment. Each brushstroke contributes to a sense of chaotic beauty, leaving the scene open to the viewer’s interpretation while evoking the raw, natural energy of an untamed landscape.
