Towards the Feast

In 1996, the sculptor made two works with the same title, and the next year he made another. The theme resurfaced in 1999, but that time in concrete and iron. It is one of the sculptor’s works imbued with poetic meaning, symbolising a longing for a harmonious life. To Leonas Vytautas Strioga (1930–2022), existential meaning is embodied by a generalised figure of a horse in rounded forms with stylised harnesses holding an invisible carriage forming a criss-cross pattern transitioning into reins. Rather than ending, the reins seem to disappear or dissolve into space, as if the horse’s load is so immense it cannot be depicted, as if the horse is carrying the weight of the world, and has paused for a moment to rest.

Text author Jurgita Ludavičienė

Source: Law firm Valiunas Ellex art album THE ART OF MATERIALS. Compiler and text author Jurgita Ludavičienė
© LATGA, Vilnius 2025

In 1996, the sculptor made two works with the same title, and the next year he made another. The theme resurfaced in 1999, but that time in concrete and iron. It is one of the sculptor’s works imbued with poetic meaning, symbolising a longing for a harmonious life. To Leonas Vytautas Strioga (1930–2022), existential meaning is embodied by a generalised figure of a horse in rounded forms with stylised harnesses holding an invisible carriage forming a criss-cross pattern transitioning into reins. Rather than ending, the reins seem to disappear or dissolve into space, as if the horse’s load is so immense it cannot be depicted, as if the horse is carrying the weight of the world, and has paused for a moment to rest.

Text author Jurgita Ludavičienė

Source: Law firm Valiunas Ellex art album THE ART OF MATERIALS. Compiler and text author Jurgita Ludavičienė
© LATGA, Vilnius 2025