Kiss

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Published: 14 January 2026

Robertas Narkus's soloshow at (AV17) Gallery in Vilnius.

Robertas Narkus: KISS  11 December , 2025 - 15 Januar, 2026 (AV17) Gallery, Vilnius

Robertas Narkus is an interdisciplinary artist whose work brings together photography, video art, performance and installations, where the logic of everyday life intertwines with subtle absurdity. He describes his practice as “the management of circumstances in the economy of chance” – emphasizing the constant tension between planning and unpredictability, structure and chaos. Through diverse media, Narkus constructs fictional, interwoven situations in which the everyday reveals itself from unexpected angles. In the exhibition “KISS”, Robertas Narkus presents his latest works, developed during his ISCP residency in New York this autumn. While “KISS” evokes the idea of a romantic gesture, in the context of this exhibition it also refers to the engineering and design principle “Keep it simple, stupid”. Coined by aircraft engineer Kelly Johnson of the “Lockheed Martin” company, the principle encourages avoiding unnecessary complexity and choosing effective solutions. Narkus adopts this principle as a strategy for