Gintaras Didžiapetris (born 1985) is one of the most distinctive representatives of the younger generation of artists who have emerged on the international scene in that he not only creates art but also writes about it. His work is more closely related to the explorations of thought processes and compositions than representation. The works stemming from artistic examination can assume many forms – photography, drawing, line, object, film, text, sound, etc. – in which knowledge, intuition and creativity are intertwined in a deep layer of mental geometry. When thinking about the complexity of his work (and, at the same time, its simplicity), we could say, metaphorically speaking, that Didžiapetris invents the microcosms that are characterised by their own logic and that exist independently of the artist and the audience

Works by Didžiapetris have been exhibited in many important group shows in Europe, the United States and Canada. He participated in ILLUMInations at the 54th Venice Biennale. Solo exhibitions of his work have taken place at several institutions, such as the Contemporary Art Centre (Vilnius), Museo d’Arte Contemporanea di Villa Croce (Genoa), Salzburger Kunstverein (Salzburg), the Elba Benítez Gallery (Madrid), and Tulips&Roses (Brussels). Didžiapetris has been a resident artist at the Palais de Tokyo/Le Pavillon (Paris, 2010–2011) and Fondazione Morra Greco (Naples, 2010).

Elba Benítez Gallery, Madrid
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