On September 10 at 6 p.m., The Rooster Gallery will open GLARES, a solo exhibition by Eglė Norkutė showcasing the artist’s latest works. The exhibition will run at the gallery space (Šv. Brunono Bonifaco St. 12, Vilnius) until September 21.

In GLARES, Norkutė presents paintings on ceramic mosaics. Their shimmering surfaces embody words, allegories, and gestures. The figures that emerge exist in a tension between the desire to be seen and the impulse to disappear, between the wish to appear and the necessity to conceal. Some confront the viewer with a direct gaze yet resist being fully understood. The exhibition’s title, GLARES, carries a double meaning: a dazzling reflection of light and an intense, almost aggressive stare. Together, the works open a field of gazes in which visibility and invisibility intertwine. Being looked at is not always a choice, and returning the gaze can itself become an act of resistance. These paintings hover between fragility and weight, between ritual and everyday life, between the seductive sheen of the surface and the inner tension beneath it.

In this exhibition, the direction of looking is constantly shifting: it is never clear who observes and who is observed. To be visible and invisible at once is not a contradiction but a state of being. Here, seeing is not passive – it acts, evaluates, records. Each work becomes a threshold between revelation and silence, between the pleasure of viewing and its unease. At times, the truth appears in fragments, and what remains hidden speaks no less powerfully than what is revealed.

Eglė Norkutė (b. 1993, Kaunas) is a visual artist based in Porto, Portugal. Her practice combines painting and ceramics, drawing inspiration from everyday life, art history, mythology, and pop culture. After completing her master’s degree at the Department of Painting at the Vilnius Academy of Arts, she has been actively involved in the international art scene. Her works have been exhibited in Lithuania, Latvia, Spain, Portugal, Slovakia, South Korea, Switzerland, Denmark, and Argentina. Norkutė is a member of the Lithuanian Artists’ Union and is represented by The Rooster Gallery.

The gallery’s opening times: V-VI 16:00-19:00, VII 14:00-17:00.

Exhibition organizer – The Rooster Gallery
Sponsors: Lithuanian Council for Culture, Vilnius City Municipality, TopColor, Burbulio vyninė
Graphic designer – Eglė Kirlytė
Text – Justina Augustytė

The project is part of the 10th Vilnius Gallery Weekend.
You can find the full program at www.vilniausgalerijusavaitgalis.lt