The young Lithuanian designer’s inaugural show with Friedman Benda will employ surrealistic shapes and colored dyes to manipulate her chosen medium: reclaimed sawdust. Žilinskaitė’s pieces feature curves and bends that feel like bodily motion, injecting objects like bookcases, stools, and chairs with a personified fluidity.
The artist aims to imbue the pieces with humanoid autonomy, evoking an eerie sensation in the viewer who suspects that the objects are more than they seem. “Human-like features attract us, evoke emotions and feelings, they create this weird still friendly atmosphere,” she says. Her playful work, full of bright color and organic motion, asks the audience to contemplate their own relationship with objects.
