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Tate St Ives presents the first UK museum exhibition of the work of Aleksandra Kasuba.

Kasuba fled Lithuania after the Second World War, emigrating to the United States where she settled in New York, and then New Mexico.

The exhibition spans six decades of work, exploring Kasuba’s artistic journey, from her early paintings and mosaics to her later sculptures and architectural designs. Her love of the natural world is clear throughout her work, which was often inspired by the shapes and forms of nature, such as shells, rocks, vegetation and marine life.

Kasuba was driven by a desire to forge a deeper connection between humanity and nature, and to imagine alternative ways of living. She felt that the exchange of ideas could push the boundaries of creativity and innovation. Kasuba explored this idea through collaborating with a pioneering collective (Experiments in Art and Technology, or E.A.T), made up of artists, engineers, and scientists, throughout the 1960s.

Supported by the Aleksandra Kasuba Exhibition Supporters Circle and Tate Members. This exhibition is organised by Tate St Ives in collaboration with the Lithuanian National Museum of Art.

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About the Artist

The work of Lithuanian-born artist and architect Aleksandra Kasuba (1923–2019) merges architecture, sculpture, and craft, rotating around a central concern with space. Developed over several decades in Kasuba’s adopted home of New York City, and culminating in a last major endeavour in New Mexico, much of this artistic output was recently highlighted in a retrospective exhibition curated by Lithuanian art historian Elona Lubytė at the National Gallery of Art in Vilnius.

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About the Gallery

Overlooking the Atlantic Ocean, Tate St Ives showcases work by artists including Barbara Hepworth, Marlow Moss, Naum Gabo and Patrick Heron, whose captivating works have brought international attention to St Ives and West Cornwall. Alongside displays from the Tate collection, the gallery presents modern and contemporary art from around the world through a dynamic exhibitions programme.

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Closed 24, 25 and 26 December
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