sound and vission installation "the red book"

algis uzdavinys, phd, art critic: "... while creating an aesthetic and natural "iconostasis" tadas gutauskas is less interested in positivist analysis than in ironic implications and a wish to emphasize the importance of an ecological idea. for that reason the fish (as if taken from naturalistic reliefs of the Vth dynasty of egypt), a lobster or a seashore plant (like a branch torn off some mythological tree)- all "buried" under the glass - are contrasted with the collapsing architectural interior in which they are exhibited. the interior silently foretells a tragic end for the civilization which destroys nature and the nature of human being himself. but a perfect beuty of biological forms is made more distinct against a background of ruins..."

europe park, vilnius

nijole tumeniene: "...the glory of the world is ephemeral. "the triumph arch" both paradoxically and ironically reviels this truth. we see concret and iron instead of marble, a sort of ruins instead of certain solemn rites, adn defeat instead of victory..."

"...at the first sight the idea of vault refers to an ancient mythology, but here it becomes a sort of creative disgrace. the tree is real, and the iron vault is man-made. their combination create the illusion of terrifying mirage. every tree can symbolize the cosmic axis, however, the ring of iron represents realm of modern technology which is able to corrupt the harmony of virgin nature..."

"...the mythical column which connects the heaven and earth could be imagined not only as a chimney of crematorium, but also as the gigantic phallos. the four thorny rings are made red and this color simbolizes blood and passion. tower of the blind power and illusion is a sort of minaret of post-modern "religion" in the most ironic sense..."