FAGILITY
Agne Zaltauskaite
Lithuania

In my practice, I explore the hole as a metaphor for the unknown — a fragile space where certainty dissolves. To be within the unknown is to be exposed, vulnerable, and open to transformation.
Not knowing, doubting, being uncertain — these are also experiences of fragility. In both art and life, fragility arises when we allow ourselves not to know, when we are no longer fully safe or defined. Through this openness, the hole becomes a space of quiet tension — where vulnerability turns into presence, and absence begins to breathe.

Brooch « Hole nr5 », 2025
48 x 48 x 25 mm / 31 gr
Recycled paper, silver, stainless steel, mixed media painting
SIlversmithing, recycling, painting

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