Press release
On Thursday, November 6, at 7 p.m., the group exhibition “Seven” by Ukrainian artists will open at Gallery T.2 (Titnago St. 7, Vilnius).
Čiurlionis through the eyes of foreigners — how do Ukrainian artists see him?
The answer can be found in the exhibition “Seven” (“Septyni”), where Ukrainian artists present their interpretations of Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis – the Artist who holds great importance for Lithuania.
The concept for the exhibition was conceived before the cultural protests and strikes in Lithuania, yet over time it has acquired a new resonance. Today, this project can be read as an act of resistance, an attempt to preserve a sense of harmony in a world where balance is constantly being broken.
“Septyni” is not simply a dialogue with Čiurlionis. It is a conversation about perception — about how young Ukrainian artists, living through war, transformation, loss, and endurance, respond to his music. How through sound they perceive color, and through color — themselves. This exhibition is not about interpretation but about translation — the transformation of music into image, rhythm into form, experience into light. Perhaps this is the true language of Čiurlionis — one that we are still learning to speak, even a century later.
Exhibition curator, Ukrainian artist Veronika Synenka:
“Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis lived and created between music and painting, as if searching for a language that did not yet exist. For him, sound had color, and color had rhythm. The project “Septyni” continues this idea of synesthesia — not as a formal experiment, but as a way to sense the connection between the inner and the outer, between time and image.”
At the center of the exhibition lies Čiurlionis’s symphonic poem “The Sea” (1907). This work has been divided into seven parts, each assigned to a Ukrainian artist, along with a musical note and a color. Each artist worked in monochrome, listening to their fragment of the music as a space for inner vision. From this process emerged seven distinct visual states — from introduction to finale, from silence to storm, from wave to calm.
The choice of the number seven is deliberate. It echoes the seven notes of the musical scale, seven colors of the visible spectrum, and seven sections of the symphony — a symbolic structure of completeness and harmony. During the exhibition, the works are arranged according to the color spectrum (from red to violet), the musical notes (from C to B), and the chronological sequence of the symphonic fragments (from first to last). In this way, the visitor experiences a visual symphony, where music, color, and artistic vision converge into a unified rhythm of perception.
Artists: Andrii Fisher, Artem Karas, Maria Isaeva, Veronika Synenka, Kostiantyn Lapushen, Taisiia Karas, The Ambrozia Project
Curator: Veronika Synenka
Exhibition: Group Exhibition of Ukrainian Artists “Seven”
Venue: Gallery T.2, Titnago St. 7, Vilnius
Curator: Veronika Synenka
Event Partner: Vilnius City Municipality
Opening: November 6, 7:00 p.m.
Exhibition Dates: November 6 – December 7, 2025
Admission: Free, by prior arrangement