Kapri Saloje 1924

Vytautas Kairiukstis made Kapri Saloje with a brush full of colour, moving and shifting around the canvas to find this composition. I can imagine him standing there, palette in hand, thinking about shape and form, the ochre triangle splitting the canvas like a bolt of lightning. It’s not quite representational, but it’s got a vibe, right? Like a landscape trying to break free from its own structure. The cool blue and grey give the ochre somewhere to be. I love how the paint is applied—thin in places, thicker in others—creating this push and pull across the surface. And those little squares, right there in the corner, like windows or maybe buildings, or… who knows? That’s the beauty of it, isn’t it? We're all in dialogue with each other and the past. It’s like Kairiukstis is having a conversation with the Cubists, but in his own language, making something new out of something familiar. It’s all about the conversation and the ongoing exchange of ideas.