Horizon

In 2009 Linas Jusionis painted the Horizon in which one can see the angle of a fence at a very close distance. Through the crack of the fence green grass and blue pool water is seen. But in order to see it the spectator must make some endeavor, because white planes of the fence hinder the full view. A part of it can only be imagined. It actually annoys the spectator and makes him even more intrigued. It seems as if something important is about to take place behind the fence. The same can be said about mystery movies.

Do you feel as if you are observing a strangers yard when you stand in front of the painting? It is because you are standing on this side of the fence, but implicit action takes place on the other side. This painting creates a situation, in which a viewer feels himself in the role of observer. The artist plays by deliberately creating the tension between something that is portrayed and something that is left “behind the frame”. Linas Jusionis says:

“I am fascinated by the relation between objective depiction and narrative that is left behind the frame. In the case of painting it is outside the painting frames.”

In the works of Jusionis there are no references to social or political planes, he shows no interest to discuss human existence and its problems. Therefore it would be a mistake to look for daily realia. His attention is focused on the spectator’s ability out of several drawn hints to create his very own story of a painting.

Linas Jusionis (born in 1986) – the new generation painter, became well-known only around 2010. His creation was influenced by the pools and meadows painted in the sixties by British pop artist David Hockney and the abstract building fragments portrayed by German painter Eberhard Havekost in the nineties.