Arvydo Šliogerio „lietuviškosios“ Būties paieškos tapyboje
Arvydas Šliogeris‘ Search for “Lithuanian” Being in Painting

Summary/Abstract: In this article the author analyzes the search for Being in art according to Arvydas Šliogeris. Although Šliogeris selected the picture of The Great Pine tree painted by Paul Cézanne for his art philosophy - we see that in the book The Thing and Art - the philosopher himself is very Lithuanian, his thinking and his theoretical worldview is permeated with Lithuanian spirit. It is especially clear when he interprets Čiurlionis‘ paintings titled Sonata of the Grass Snake, the vision of the Grass Snake. A Grass Snake, who is sacred in the pagan tradition in Southern part of Lithuania called Dzūkija, is interconnected with Šliogeris‘ philotopia in Dzūkija region. From the cultural point of view, it is far away from French region of Provence, which was the inspiration for Cézanne. The article also analyzes why Šliogeris did not choose the sea theme in painting. After all, the openings of Being could be found in the painting of dramatically stormy sea with a sail ship tipping over the waves. By refusing to search for Being in sea paintings, and instead opting for the region of Southern Lithuania, he evidently makes a subjective selection, looking at the world through the prism of the self “I“. It is, owever, impossible otherwise. After all, philotopia as such, inevitably presuposes subjectivity.

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