“…how to find that Moses who would lead you through the desert?”
Each of us has our own desert, in which we are born and whose image is only an illusion to us. Each of us receives a name, religion, nationality – an infinite number of things that we cannot choose, and we identify with them. The goal of each of us in such circumstances is to free our mind and embark on a search for Moses. Those who can, find Moses within themselves. Those who cannot, find him in their immediate environment. Those who cannot – remain in the desert.
The search for Moses means the search for the purpose and meaning of each of our lives. All of us, according to our environment, abilities, and understanding, must find our mission, which we must implement in this life. This is our way out of the desert. However, in searching for meaning and purpose, we must also discover ourselves, but on that path of search we cannot destroy what we find in it.
The axis of the exhibition is Moses – a fragment of a sculpture created by Jakovs Bunka in 1986 in memory of the Jewish community of Plateliai town. Over time, the original wooden sculpture of Moses in Plateliai rotted and fell apart, and in 2018 it was replaced by a copy created by sculptor Antanas Vaškis. The only intact fragment of the original sculpture is Moses’ face. Copies of this fragment later became works by artists from Lithuania, Poland, Belarus, Ukraine, and Israel in the exhibition, in which each of them searched for and tried to reveal their true selves.
“…life brings us to many places, some are doing better, others are a little worse, but each of us must find our own path and role.”
The exhibition will be on display from 2026. August 1 to October 9
