17 DECEMBER 2022 – 18 MARCH 2023
Somvih 4
7524 Zuoz · Switzerland
17 DECEMBER 2022 – 18 MARCH 2023
Wood and Snow is the second solo exhibition of Lithuanian artist Augustas Serapinas at Galerie Tschudi, Zuoz. This title is a direct reference to the main materials used in the show, which embody the dynamics between revealing and concealing characteristic of Serapinas’ practice in general. The exhibition can be seen as a laconic and critical rethinking of a particular place through the specificity of the materials and their interplay, emphasizing what is essential to the identity of a place yet usually remains invisible or purposefully hidden from the outsider’s eye.
The exhibition Wood and Snow is a continuation of Serapinas’ long-standing interest in the relationship between vernacular architecture and modern monumental sculpture, with his first project exploring this realm being Four Sheds (2016, Fogo Island Arts, Newfoundland, CA), and one of his latest, Rūdninkai Bathhouse (2021, 13th Kaunas Biennial, Kaunas, Lithuania). Spreading across the gallery’s ground floor spaces and courtyard, the exhibition consists of variations of sculptural compositions, built from elements of abandoned and decaying wooden houses. Serapinas acquires these buildings—some of them dating back to the 19th century—in different Lithuanian villages by browsing popular classifieds portals, where they are for sale as fire wood, on condition that the buyer dismantles the building and takes it away themselves.
reclaimed wood
370 × 480 × 500 cm
reclaimed wood
370 × 480 × 500 cm
reclaimed wood
reclaimed wood
reclaimed wood
reclaimed wood
200 × 390 × 31 cm
reclaimed wooden shingle roof
180 × 640 × 340 cm
charred reclaimed wooden shingle roof
185 × 625 × 24 cm
window glasses with old nails powder
45 cm × 49 cm × 0.5 cm
reclaimed wood
237 × 24 × 23 cm
charred reclaimed wooden shingle roof
185 × 625 × 24 cm
AS/P 12
reclaimed wood, 102 × 85 × 3.5 cm
AS/P 9
window glasses with old nails powder
25 × 17 × 0.5 cm / 26 × 18.5 × 0.5 cm / 28 × 20.5 × 0.5 cm / 28.5 × 20.5 × 0.5 cm, overall 28 × 147 × 0.5 cm
AS/P 18
charred reclaimed wooden shingle roof
102 × 102 × 9 cm
AS/P 22
reclaimed wood, 129 × 18 × 20 cm
AS/P 28
reclaimed wood
222 × 330 × 5.5 cm
AS/P 10
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