{"id":362,"date":"2025-03-30T14:42:09","date_gmt":"2025-03-30T14:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/paint-job\/?page_id=362"},"modified":"2025-03-30T14:42:09","modified_gmt":"2025-03-30T14:42:09","slug":"sweet-nothings","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/paint-job.com\/index.php\/sweet-nothings\/","title":{"rendered":"Sweet Nothings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Beeswax, paraffin, 48 x 35 x 1 cm, 2021<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In <em>Sweet Nothings<\/em>, artist duo Tomas Sinkevi\u010dius and Vilt\u0117 Bra\u017ei\u016bnait\u0117 are interested in the issues arising from putting nature to work and its entanglement with human cultural and economic activities.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The artists use beeswax to analyse the shapes created by bees \u2013 hexagonal honeycomb structures used for storing pollen and growing communities. In <em>Sweet Nothings<\/em>, the regular hexagonal honeycomb is replaced with a chain-link engraving. The imprints of chain links act as honeycomb openings where bees can place eggs, pollen and honey. The chain-link imprint on the wax plate also acts as a reference to the links between human beings, nature and technology.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Installation views of an exhibi<em>tion <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.galerijavartai.com\/exhibitions\/101-letreinte-embracement-glamone-group-exhibition-dedicated-to-the-centenary-of-the\/\"><em>Embracement <\/em><\/a>at Galerija Vartai, Vilnius, 2021<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"684\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"366\" src=\"https:\/\/paint-job.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/fc-15-1-1-684x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/paint-job.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/fc-15-1-1-684x1024.jpg 684w, https:\/\/paint-job.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/fc-15-1-1-201x300.jpg 201w, https:\/\/paint-job.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/fc-15-1-1-768x1149.jpg 768w, https:\/\/paint-job.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/fc-15-1-1.jpg 802w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 684px) 100vw, 684px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" data-id=\"367\" src=\"https:\/\/paint-job.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/fc-14-1-2-1024x684.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/paint-job.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/fc-14-1-2-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/paint-job.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/fc-14-1-2-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/paint-job.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/fc-14-1-2-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/paint-job.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/fc-14-1-2.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Beeswax, paraffin, 48 x 35 x 1 cm, 2021 In Sweet Nothings, artist duo Tomas Sinkevi\u010dius and Vilt\u0117 Bra\u017ei\u016bnait\u0117 are interested in the issues arising from putting nature to work and its entanglement with human cultural and economic activities.&nbsp; The artists use beeswax to analyse the shapes created by bees \u2013 hexagonal honeycomb structures used [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-362","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paint-job.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/362","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paint-job.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paint-job.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paint-job.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paint-job.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=362"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/paint-job.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/362\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":368,"href":"https:\/\/paint-job.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/362\/revisions\/368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paint-job.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}