Coherence of Metal and Amber in the Creation of Rūta Nijačajienė Cover Image

Metalo Ir Gintaro Dermė Rūtos Ničajienės Kūryboje
Coherence of Metal and Amber in the Creation of Rūta Nijačajienė

Author(s): Aušrinė Kulvietytė-Cemnolonskė
Subject(s): Visual Arts, Aesthetics, Sociology of Culture
Published by: Visuomeninė organizacija »LOGOS«
Keywords: R. Ničajienė; metal plastics; amber; sculpture; representational artworks;

Summary/Abstract: In the article, the author analyses the works of the metal artist, Ruta Ničajienė. The focus is her sculptural plastics and collector coins. Also, discussed here are the representational artworks which Lithuanian President V. Adamkus presented to Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands, the US President G. W. Bush, the President of Ukraine V. A. Yushchenko, and the Swiss ambassador to nuncio P. S. Zurbriggen. Also explaind in the article are the principles of the Nijačajienė‘s creations and her desire to preserve the natural beauty of amber, enveloping it in metal plastic with unique stylistic features that creates a wide field of meanings. In summary, the article defines the originality of her creations as it is marked by associative artistic expressions related to the aspects of symbolic, historical and national peculiarities. The representative nature of her works and the emotionally significant aesthetic form are emphasized as well.

  • Issue Year: 2016
  • Issue No: 87
  • Page Range: 106-115
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Lithuanian