Edward Ruscha, herman de vries & Ruta Butkute
In this exhibition, three artists explore the fundamental element of earth — as matter, as language and as choreography. What emerges is not only a dialogue, but also a field of tensions between image and physical presence, simplicity and gesture, direction and process.
For herman de vries, earth is nothing other than itself: pigment and soil are rubbed raw onto the surface, with nothing standing between the image and the material, making simplicity itself subversive.
For Edward Ruscha, earth becomes a sign: dust and asphalt are condensed into words and images, landscapes stripped of their horizons and reduced to cultural symbols.
Ruta Butkute moves between these extremes. Her ceramics and installations embody both simplicity and complexity: she choreographs the material while at the same time allowing room for chance.
These works reveal the urgency of earth — as matter, as the foundation of our existence, but also under the threat it faces. Here, earth appears as mutable and polyphonic: an active medium that provokes resistance, generates meaning, and acts within art, culture and society.