
Hi Gaya. Can you tell us about yourself?
Hello Resul, thank you very much for inviting me to participate in this wonderful publication.
My name is Gaya Lastovjak and I am a contemporary figurative artist creating three-dimensional paintings with my own technique using paper-mache, canvas and oil paint. I was born in Lithuania but spent most of my life in Poland. I am a self-taught artist with a master’s degree in art history. As a person I value peace, but on the other hand I worrie too much about everything, so I look for calm in books, mainly classics of world literature (my grandmother was a teacher and she instilled in me a love of books). My parents, who are musicians, made me a music lover, I value and respect family as well as traditions. I like both classical and contemporary art, love going to museums and admiring the beauty that human hands can create. Developing is important to me, looking for new sources of inspiration, expanding knowledge and simply be a better person.

The fascination with human appeared gradually. Painting landscapes or still life did not absorb me. Human is filled with a whole range of emotions and that fascinates me the most. In my works, body language is very important due to the power of the message, shaping the meanings and content of the work of art. Just like the body, the hands play a very important role in communication. All my paintings have a symbolic meaning, I build their message with body language. The human body has become a way for me to communicate with the viewer, convey specific content, talk and draw attention to current events in the world. Thanks to this, I try to stop the viewers for a moment and make them think about themselves and the world around them.
Interview by Resul Şahin
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Wywiad dla Gazete Sanat World
W lutym 2023 roku na łamach tureckiego czasopisma Sanat Gazete World okazał się wywiad z Gayą Lastovjak, w którym artystka opowiada czytelnikom o swojej sztuce. Poruszono tu kwestie przekazu artystycznego, tego co artystka pragnie przekazać widzom poprzez swoją sztukę, opowiedziano nieco o technice, którą Gaya kształtowała przez wiele lat ale pojawiły się także wątki osobiste.
Przeprowadziliśmy przyjemny wywiad z Gayą Lastovjak, litewską artystką figuratywną mieszkającą w Polsce, na temat jej życia artystycznego.
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Wywiad przeprowadził Resul Şahin
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