The works of Audrius Janusonis convey the constant ambivalence between intellect and emotion, looming action and meditative silence, vulnerability and strength, pain and tenderness, rapture and latent aggression, and power and powerlessness. Outward appearances gain significance as symbols of inner processes. We are confronted with the egotistical, playful, erotic, animalistic and innocently cruel in his work. His figures radiate warmth and naïve aggression and are at once both familiar and foreign. This is how the figures maintain their appeal; they gently seduce and unsettle at the same time. The search for an existential dimension, in other words for the question that invariably remains unanswered, is omnipresent. The overall result is art that is both figurative as philosophical in nature. The tension between the two perspectives is what makes Audrius Janusonis’ portrayal of human comedy and tragedy so fascinating.
Biography
- 1968 geboren in Alytus, Litauen
- 1994 Diplom an der Vilnius Kunstakademie, Abteilung Keramik
- Seit 1994 Dozent an der Kunstschule Alytus
- Seit 1997 Mitglied der Künstlervereinigung Litauens
Exhibitions (Selection)
- 1993 Galerie Academia, Vilnius. LT
- 1995 «I touched», Galerie für angewandte Kunst, Vilnius,
- 1998 Galerie Arka, Vilnius,
- 1998 «Small gallery», Druskininkai, LT
- 1999 Galerie Arka, Vilnius
- 2000 Galerie Arka, Vilnius
- 2000 «Small corner of minorities’». Galerie Ag, Kaunas, LT
- 2001 «ACT2». Galerie für angewandte Kunst, Vilnius
- 2003 «ACT3.4» Galerie Arka, Vilnius
- 2004 «RUTA» Galerie MN, Vilnius
- 2005 «Pastorals of Cheese» Galerie MN,, Vilnius
- 2005 «Short Stories», Galerie Lietuvos Aidas, Vilnius
- 2005 «Zappa for Kaunas», Galerie Meno Parkas, Kaunas
- 2005 «EXCESS», Juodkrante Art Gallery, Juodkrante, LT
- 2006 «3 time», Galerie MN, Vilnius
- 2010 «ARS BREVIS, VITA BREVIS”, Galerie MN, Vilnius
- 2010/11 «sleepwalk», Kunstforum Solothurn, CH
- 2011 Audrius Janusonis, Musée Ariana, Genève, CH
Group exhibitions (Selection)
- 2009 «nouvelles aquisitions», Musée Ariana, Genève
- 2009/10 «reflection», Kunstforum Solothurn
- 2010/12 Keramiksymposium 2010, Kammerhofmuseen, Gmunden, AT
- 2011 «reflection», Galerie Bianca Landgraaf, Laren, NL
- 2011 «reflection», Galerie Artworks, Antwerpen, BE
Public collections (Selection)
- Collection Musée Ariana, Genève