Besimaudanti Moteris 1930

Vytautas Kairiukstis made this painting, Besimaudanti Moteris, using oil on canvas. The whole thing is kind of blue, except for this cluster of warm red and orange buildings. Looking closely, I can see a lot of texture. It's not just the way the paint is applied, kind of loose and brushy. But the colors are also fighting each other. In the sky, there are these diagonal marks, one right next to another, that create a cool effect of depth. And then my eye is drawn to that dark figure on the right. It’s like a shadow, almost swallowed up by the building. It feels like a little secret, a glitch in the matrix. There's this amazing back and forth in the piece, between the literal buildings and the abstract feeling of the space. It makes me think of Hopper, especially the way he captures this urban sense of isolation. It’s like they’re both chasing after the in-between places.