Šarūnas Sauka was born in 1958, in the Lithuanian capital of Vilnius. From 1976 to 1983, he studied at the National Institute of Lithuania, Vilnius Art Academy. In 1989, the artist was nominated for the Lithuanian National Prize for the diptych …

Sarunas Sauka was born in 1958, a remarkable figure of Lithuanian Surrealism and Contemporary. Find more works of this artist at Wikiart.org – best visual art database.

Sauka – vienas ryškiausių lietuvių postmodernistų. Paveikslams būdinga originali ikonografija, vadinamoji bjaurumo estetika, tapybos principai artimi siurrealizmui ir magiškajam realizmui.

5 days ago · Sauka’s “otherness” is very constant. Consistently working in the technique of oil painting, carefully, centimeter by centimeter discovering a naturalistic form that coagulates with rich color, materializing a hallucinatory plot with precise patience, Sauka, enjoying himself (especially enjoying his own suffering), exploits fears and problems of perception that torment more than one ...

Sauka may refer to: Sauka (surname), Lithuanian surname Sauka Parish, Viesīte Municipality, Latvia Sauka (village), a village in Sauka Parish Sauka Lake [lv], Latvia Sauka Nature Park, a protected area in Latvia

Šarūnas Sauka is a postmodern painter. In 1989, he was awarded the Lithuanian National Prize.

Sauka’s painting is presented as an integral world, based on a distinct logic and a particular set of rules. Let the man with Sauka’s face, who constantly recurs in this world, become the viewer’s guide, who ironically, boldly and sometimes shockingly, talks about the absurdity of life, and the search for meaning to vindicate the reality.

Su siurrealistais ir magiškaisiais realistais Sauką suartina taikoma klasikinė aliejinės tapybos technika, kruopšti modeliuotė bei lesiruotė ir kūrybinio automatizmo principas, supinantis sąmonę su pasąmone. Sauka savo kompozicijas kuria be griežto išankstinio sumanymo ir …

Sauka’s epoch encompasses several decades of Soviet torpor, censorship, and numerous verdicts of “inappropriateness” and “indecency” that had to be circumvented, outwitted and ridiculed; and later, gradual emancipation and the increasingly blurred meaning of the words “inappropriate” and “indecent”.

Šarūnas Sauka can safely be called a leading artist of his generation, who appeared on the Lithuanian art scene in the 1980s. Since his studies, his surrealist style has set him apart from the prevailing Expressionist painting in Lithuania.