This website presents two artworks created by visual artist Beatričė Varnaitė

This experimental work attempts to transform a traditional painting into a three-dimensional object. Typically perceived as flat, two-dimensional, the painting is recreated into a three-dimensional object. That is done through Gestalt psychology and using the painting’s wooden stretcher as not intended. The wooden stretcher becomes an integral part of the newly created object. The two-part artwork appears unfinished. The two parts form a geometric figure — a prism. The reworked painting takes on sculptural and architectural qualities. The vertical and the horizontal of the exhibited space, i.e., the wall and the floor, are necessary to create the object. Ultimately, this newly organized painting-object becomes a three-dimensional connection between painting, sculpture, and architecture.

The main idea of this experimental work is to draw attention to the object’s integrity. The content of the work (inside) is closely linked to, or even replicates, the material expression of the work (outside) and how it is exhibited in space. When a painting’s wooden stretcher is not used for its intended purpose, it becomes an integral part of the newly created object. The two parts — a quadrilateral wooden stretcher and a quadrilateral canvas — form an octagonal star. The created object also activates the architecture, specifically the floor and, most importantly, the double-way wall. Firstly, the object draws attention to the wall with its unusual and contrasting edge and outline. Secondly, triangular empty spaces are created within the object, which incorporates the wall (and its color) into the work and draws attention to the wall. These artwork elements operate on the principle of Gestalt psychology — triangular empty spaces can trigger the imagination. The triangular spaces can create two quadrilaterals or another geometric shape. These shapes can also resemble the four-way buttons on computer game controllers, keyboards, or similar devices.