Inspiration. Vitas Luckus

This is my last days discovery. Vitas Luckus. Photo artist from deep Soviet Union times in Lithuania. He's incredible. Those days nobody took photography as serious business and especially the way how this artist made these photos was something out of discussion for exhibiting. He was rejected by that time context. After his death there was one book published and now after 20 years have passed people raise attention about his art works again.


1973.

1968.

1969. Girl with an ice cream.

When I see these photos I want to raise a question what is a transgression today 17/11/2014? It looks like that there is no non-transgressed place left, no theme, subject that was not criticized, or in any different way trespassed by critical thought or opposite ideology. On the other hand, there are cultural contexts where some subjects are still taboos. Big taboos. It is kind of interesting thing to look back form my own perspective since my way of thinking was very much impacted by my countries cultural context. The theme/subject which was a taboo for me two years ago it does not mean a taboo for me anymore. And for example, what pops up straight into my mind is religion and naked body: it was something untouchable in my mind. Something, what you have to be ashamed to disturb its own existence. And there comes a second question: how to create something new and fresh? If you are creating something for the first time it will always be fresh for you but not for the audience.Your art-thingy will be characterized as repetition. But what if you trespass themes that were extreme darkness in your mind? And that is joyful new world for you and this brand new world completely changes your perception of the world which you have had on your lap just yesterday. I don't know the right answer for myself. But it is so interesting to live and find out new continents of the knowledge.