{"id":233312,"date":"2026-06-26T22:11:55","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T19:11:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vilnius-events.lt\/?post_type=event&p=233312"},"modified":"2026-06-29T10:39:22","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T07:39:22","slug":"lt-tolimi-artimi-artimi-tolimi-i-ryto-jurgelio-akvarel-s-paroda-ru-tolimi-artimi-artimi-tolimi-i-ryto-jurgelio-akvarel-s-paroda","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.vilnius-events.lt\/en\/event\/lt-tolimi-artimi-artimi-tolimi-i-ryto-jurgelio-akvarel-s-paroda\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cFAR AWAY, CLOSE NEAR \/ CLOSE NEAR, FAR AWAY\u201d \u2013 Rytas Jurgelis watercolor exhibition"},"content":{"rendered":"

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On July 7 at 7:00 PM, we invite you to the opening evening of Rytas Jurgelis\u2019 watercolor exhibition \u201cTOLIMI ARTIMI, ARTIMI TOLIMI\u201d<\/em>. The event is free of charge.<\/p>\n

Rytas Jurgelis\u2019 work is not defined by narrative or explicit statements, but by a distinctive inner state it creates. Critics who have written about his painting\u2014from Vidas Po\u0161kus, who saw antique, Heraclean monumental structures, to Rolandas Rastauskas, who described Jurgelis\u2019 works as \u201cmaps of consciousness\u201d and the square as a spiritual home, and contemporary reviewers calling them a \u201csilent world\u201d\u2014all point to the same core quality from different angles.<\/p>\n

Jurgelis\u2019 painting never tries to meet the viewer loudly. It waits. Its structural basis\u2014a square, a rectangle, a static, almost architectural form\u2014always contains an opposing force: color that moves, breathes, and speaks about time, memory, and light as an inner rather than physical category. Human presence is never shown directly\u2014neither as figure nor portrait\u2014but is constantly felt as a trace, a memory, something that has passed yet has not disappeared. At once distant and close.<\/p>\n

(excerpt from Karolina Kupstait\u0117\u2019s text)<\/em><\/p>\n

Rytas Jurgelis (b. 1961) is a Lithuanian painter and watercolor artist. Since 1986 he has participated in exhibitions in Lithuania and abroad (Sweden, Denmark, Latvia, etc.). Since 1995 he has been a member of the Lithuanian Artists\u2019 Association. His works are held in private collections in Lithuania, the USA, Australia, Germany, Denmark, and Sweden.<\/p>\n

The exhibition runs from July 7 to August 2. Visiting requires a ticket.<\/p>\n

Ticket prices:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  • Opening event: free of charge<\/li>\n
  • Regular admission: \u20ac3 (adults), \u20ac2 (students and seniors)<\/li>\n
  • Free admission: schoolchildren, people with disabilities, press representatives, and Ukrainian visitors<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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