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Cadets, ink on vinyl and dibond, 2016 (archival image courtesy of Lithuanian Central State Archives, photographed by V. Žarnosekovas
) Family, ink on vinyl and dibond, 2016 (archival image courtesy of Lithuanian Central State Archives, photographed by E. Šiško
) Girls, ink on vinyl and dibond, 2016 (archival image courtesy of Lithuanian Central State Archives, photographed by J. Ambraška) Planter, ink on vinyl and dibond, 2016 (archival image courtesy of Lithuanian Central State Archives, photographed by A. Šestakovas) Square Gathering, ink on vinyl and dibond, 2016 (archival image courtesy of Lithuanian Central State Archives, photographed by V. Gulevičius, M. Baranauskas) Neckerchiefs, ink on vinyl and dibond, 2017 (archival image courtesy of Lithuanian Central State Archives
) Standing Flags, ink on vinyl and dibond, 2017 (archival image courtesy of Lithuanian Central State Archives, photographed by K. Liubšys) Summer Crowd, ink on vinyl and dibond, 2017 (archival image courtesy of Lithuanian Central State Archives, photographed by M. Rebi
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Pedestal

2016 - 2017

Šerpytytė’s new series Pedestal addresses the gulf between past and present by contrasting archival images of statues of Lenin and Stalin, once sited in grand public spaces in Lithuania, with their current existence in Lithuania’s Grutas Park, a kitsch ‘nostalgia’ theme park. While elements of the composite images are congruent, suggesting continuity, there is a sharp contrast between the black and white archival photographs and the richly coloured contemporary images.

Related work:

Toppled

Related exhibitions:

Memory Matters, Skissernas Museum, Lund, Sweden, 2018

Riga International Biennial Of Contemporary Art (RIBOCA), Riga, Latvia, 2018

Daegu Photo Biennale, Daegu, South Korea, 2018

Focus, Frieze New York, NY, USA, 2017

Community Board, Grimm, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2017
Pedestal, Parafin, London, UK, 2016