Just another Houdini trick

Technique: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 40x50 cm
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The painting depicts a close-up, almost abstract representation of a human body engaged in what appears to be an escape or magic trick, reminiscent of the famous performances by Harry Houdini. The focus is on a pair of hands intricately interacting with a series of thin, taut strings or wires that crisscross the canvas. These wires constrain and loop around red-swathed, bulbous forms that suggest exaggerated, stylized joints or parts of the body, possibly knees or elbows, emphasized by their spherical and smooth texture resembling painted wooden props used in illusionist acts.The color scheme is dominated by hues of pink and red, representing flesh and tension, and the background is intentionally subdued to cast emphasis on the hands and strings. The painting uses expressive lines and a dramatic, almost theatrical use of shading and light to evoke a sense of movement and strain, suggesting the act of a daring escape. The technique and brushstrokes convey a raw, visceral tension, as if the viewer is witnessing the climax of a performance where the outcome is uncertain.

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Artist

Birutė Remeikytė's paintings often question social norms in society, standards of the body and beauty. Many different motifs dominate her work, the most frequent of which are the human body, its expression, curves, and the desire to free oneself from the surrounding standards.


The author is looking for new, unconventional angles, and body parts are often depicted in her works as distorted or deformed, as if she were asking what kind of deviation from the norm is tolerated in our society. At the same time, we begin to see how little we know our own bodies, ourselves, how we are used to seeing only one standard, if tilted at a different angle or, for example, if the fingers cover the eyes, it begins to appear strange and alien. The artist emphasises the body's ability to change, to deform, its curves with expressive brushstrokes that are as unpolished as reality itself.


Birutė Remeikytė graduated from the Vilnius Academy of Arts in 2014 and participated in exhibitions in Lithuania and Scotland. Her work has found homes in Portugal, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Poland, the United Kingdom, Cyprus, Iceland and Lithuania.

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