![]() ![]() Lu received a BFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) and an MFA from the Hoffberger School of Painting, MICA. In addition to her colorful tondos, Lu’s other work includes small sculptures of interlocking wood blocks, as well as fabric collages that incorporate Chinese textiles. Linling Lu was born in 1983 in Zunyi, Guizhou Province, China, and currently lives and works in Baltimore. Lamb’s piece for midi-keyboard and cello echoes Lu’s meditative exploration of sight and sound, as well as the relationships of form and structure between music and the visual arts. The Phillips presents a site-specific newly commissioned musical work by American composer Catherine Lamb, titled The Additive Arrow. Phillips Music featuring Conrad Tao and Jay Campbell “Each painting becomes an instrument, a source of sound that materializes the poetic quality of music.”Īrtist Linling Lu and Director for Contemporary Art Initiatives and Academic Affairs Vesela Sretenović will discuss Soundwaves. “In this spatial arrangement, the emotions of music are carried through colors of paintings,” explains Lu. While the vibrating colors of Lu’s abstractions recall Color Field and Washington Color School paintings as well as Op-Art, the soft surfaces and repetitive circular patterns arranged in various widths and intervals resonate with the musical precision of Bach and Vivaldi and the poetic melodies of Chopin. Growing up, Lu studied classical piano and music theory, and later she would discover the writings and works of Wassily Kandinsky. The artist’s interest in sound and color stems from her background in music. Vesela Sretenovi ć, Director of Contemporary Art Initiatives and Academic Affairs, notes, “ What Glass’s music and Lu’s painting share is sternness and rigor, but also something atmospheric and dreamy they evoke stillness and wonder, emotion and reflection.” Repetitive notes and chords from Glass’s music are translated into a physical space: the seven notes played on the piano by the left hand are represented by seven paintings on the left side of the gallery and the five notes played by the right hand are represented by five paintings on the right side of the gallery. Lu’s paintings visualize the sound into a spatial configuration-soundwaves. 16 played on piano by Timo Andres as part of the 2015 Phillips Music program. Soundwaves responds to Philip Glass’s Etude no. Ranging in scale from small to human-size, the circular canvases (tondos), are equally hypnotic and sonic, inspiring contemplation and introspection. On view from February 9–April 30, 2023, Soundwaves features Lu’s signature works of abstract paintings with concentric rings of bright, pulsating colors. WASHINGTON, DC - The Phillips Collection presents Soundwaves by Baltimore-based artist Linling Lu, the first project in 2023 of the museum’s ongoing Intersections contemporary art series. Lu’s installation visualizes the sounds of Philip Glass’s Etude no. ![]()
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