Echoes marks the first institutional solo exhibition in Germany by the Lithuanian-born, Berlin-based artist Aistė Stancikaitė (b. 1988), presented at Kunstverein Dresden. For this occasion, Stancikaitė has developed a new series of large-scale figurative paintings: a layered constellation of luminous, androgynous bodies, imagined portals, and visionary spaces that open onto unfamiliar spheres, symbolic landscapes, and parallel worlds. 

 

A key point of reference for the exhibition is the Nymphenbad at the Dresden Zwinger, one of the most remarkable Baroque fountain ensembles in Europe. Stancikaitė draws inspiration from its theatrical spatial composition, the movement of cascading water, and the expressive gestures of the sculptures. These elements are reimagined in her paintings as contemporary nymph-like figures—detached, liminal beings suspended between corporeality and a metaphysical state of flux. 

 

As an expansive painterly intervention, the exhibition unfolds as a chromatically charged field of 

resonance surrounding the viewer. Variations, repetitions, subtle disruptions, and visual “glitches” run through the series: each work carries its own echo while simultaneously projecting it beyond the individual canvas and into the exhibition space. 

 

In this way, Echoes becomes, quite literally, a body of work that engages the space, its viewers, and the social fabric they inhabit. 

 

Curator Dominic Eichler is a prominent Berlin-based writer, curator, former gallerist, and member of an indiepop band. In 2005, he was the recipient of the AdKV German art critic prize. He has contributed to numerous international institutional publications. Most recently, he was co-editor of the book MD72—Door Slamming Festival, 2025. He is currently working on his debut novel.