BRUSSELS.- Lithuanian artist Marija Rinkevičiūtė inaugurated her first Belgian solo exhibition, “What remains,” at Irène Laub Gallery on 22 May 2025. The show, which occupies all three rooms of the gallery at 29 Rue Van Eyck in Ixelles, runs through 5 July and is open free of charge from Tuesday to Saturday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Visitors arriving for the vernissage encountered an installation that blurs the boundary between painting and sculpture. Wax-coated linen panels share the walls with stacked paper forms that lean like architectural fragments; cardboard “skins” hang lightly in mid-air, shifting with every movement in the room. The display follows the artist’s long-standing interest in what she calls “the material trace of passing time,” an idea she pursues by layering pigments, dust, and found objects until surfaces appear both fragile and resilient.

In the exhibition’s accompanying text, Tania Nasielski, artistic director of Brussels’ contemporary-art centre La Centrale, writes that “monochromes and bleached colours enhance the delicate precision of forms, while the nuanced layering of materials creates near-trompe-l’œil reliefs. Enigmatic titles convene wings, angels, ghosts and mirrors, evoking both presence and absence, eros and thanatos.”

Rinkevičiūtė’s commitment to hand-built surfaces stands in quiet contrast to the digitally driven fabrication techniques that dominate much current art production. By recycling linen off-cuts, wooden drawers and other found supports, she encourages viewers to look slowly and, in her words, “feel the gap between seeing and sensing.” Gallery director Irène Laub noted during the opening that Brussels collectors had already reserved several works in the first hour, an early sign of market interest in the artist’s tactile minimalism.

Born in 1993 in Gelgaudiškis, Lithuania, Rinkevičiūtė earned a BA in monumental art at the Vilnius Academy of Arts in 2018 and an MFA in painting at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Brussels. She has shown in group exhibitions at La Centrale and Espace Vanderborght in Brussels and at Galerie de la Cour des Arts in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, but “What remains” marks her most comprehensive presentation to date.

Irène Laub Gallery is reachable via tram lines 8 and 81 (Bailli/Baljuw stop). Further details are available at irenelaubgallery.com or by telephone at +32 2 647 55 16.