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In brief: “I remember coming back to Kaunas and thinking – what should I do now that I graduated from the institute? I could not see the world. Everything was closed. It seemed there was nobody to speak to. Perhaps it was due to loneliness that I found some shabby staircase and felt that it was talking to me. It was interesting to hear what it told. One only had to put down this tale“, remembered Arūnas about his first years in Kaunas after the studies.
“Everything that is old and full of smell of life is vanishing,” Arūnas used to say. “I am interested only in old real things, old houses, historical, sacral places. Events seemed to be printed on them. I am attracted to these imprints. Contemporary things do not have a story. Only the old ones help me regain the equilibrium.
Arūnas did not paint such staircases that were created at nights in forlorn houses any more. “It would not be difficult to repeat myself but why should I do it?“ he asked. Nonetheless, there are some paintings in which the motif of staircases is evident. Such canvases were painted in the workshop. Some of them are of large format.
The implementation of the rock opera “Resurrected” is a bold step made by the organisers and the reserved Catholic church, which let in the untraditional genre into its space. It is probable that this step will inspire new unusual cultural events that will open doors of Lithuanian churches wider not only to sacral art but also to its new forms of expression attracting a number of people waiting for a live, interesting and attractive attitude towards eternal values of belief and existence.
Solid and expressive buildings should be constructed in Savanorių Avenue. A micro-ensemble has been created, and the material was presented perfectly. It is very good that finally this part of Savanorių Ave. is being designedas a complex, trying to join and combine urbanism and architecture into one unity.
