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Kęstutis Vasiliūnas. Godumas
Iš ciklo Septynios didžiosios nuodėmės
Medžio raižinys, 47 x 62, 1998 |

Kęstutis Vasiliūnas. Suknelė Nr. 024. Skeletinė
vasarinė suknelė
Popierius, spalvotas medžio raižinys, virvė, medis, 80 x 56, 2001 |

Kęstutis Vasiliūnas. Šv. Pranciškaus mirtis
Medžio raižinys, 37,5 x 100, 1997 |

Kęstutis Vasiliūnas. Šv. Egidijaus mirtis
Medžio raižinys, 37,5 x 100, 1997
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Kęstutis Vasiliūnas: Graphic
Artist, "Decorator" of Clothing, Creator of Books
by Vaidilutė
Brazauskaitė
By numerous aspects
of his art Kęstutis Vasiliūnas stands out of the general
context of contemporary art. It is first of all, his positive world
outlook and refusal to genuflect to commercialism of art.
One of a very few artists working in the ancient block printing technique,
he achieves immediacy of expression as the woodcut is done without sketches
and draws on the stylistic heritage of diverse primitive cultures. Loyal
to figurative art, he continuously transcribes the universal stories
of the Bible and the lives of the saints, transforming them into modern
icons emblematic of contemporary problems. His works in other techniques,
like colour drawings and etchings strike a less primeval, but more lyrical
note. He does not shun a postmodern pun either, and has once printed
his woodcuts on paper dresses: displayed on the catwalk, they turned
into a three dimensional object.
He is also a champion, in Lithuania and abroad, of an interdisciplinary
genre, the art of book, which is a challenge to the traditional and
commercial concept of book.

Kęstutis Vasiliūnas. Suknelė
Nr. 025. Move it, move it
Popierius, spalvotas medžio raižinys, virvė, medis, 101 x 55, 2001
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