The conceptual artist Eglė Ridikaitė is a true chronicler of life, patiently and precisely ‘recording’ ideas on canvas. After demonstrating her works in more than 80 group and 10 solo exhibitions, Eglė was awarded as Artist of the Year at the International Art Fair ArtVilnius’14.
Her unique painting technique, involving spraying aerosol paints onto huge canvases using stencils, is multi-layering not only in that it uses multiple layers of paint, but also in the ways it uses perspective and cultural quotation (with dominant street art aesthetics). Her works represent a multi-layered cultural research, or simply a reflection of everyday life.
Ridikaitė uses a complex and idiosyncratic technique: after covering the canvas with pre-made, handcrafted stencils, she does not paint, but sprays several layers of spray-paint, until the necessary textures and shades of colour are obtained.
It took the artist four years of intense work to create a series of 23 paintings, displayed at the exhibition You Came, You Saw, You Left: Cultural Floor. 21.12.2016 - 21.01.2017. Vilnius
