Currently on display at Guts Gallery as part of group show Beyond the Veil, Aistė Stancikaitė’s painting “Of One’s Own III” depicts a close up of a gloved hand, clutching at a vest to reveal the subject’s upper body. The third act in a series that uses texture to conjure the sensual, the glove in particular – composed in a way to suggest leather – is a marker of the artist’s personal brand of storytelling. “From the start, I’ve been drawn to showing quite little in quite high detail. I like to suggest some sort of narrative, but not show the whole picture — where it's at, what's going on, who the person is,” she explains over a Zoom call from Berlin. “I like this contrast of something extremely figurative and detailed, and at the same time extremely abstract. Not showing gender, for example, in a pronounced way. And gloves leave this mystery and create an opportunity for the viewer to create their own story.”
Aistė Stancikaitė's pink-hued study of self-intimacy
Zoe Whitfield, i-D Magazine, 2 May 2023
