"I work with optical glass, photography and light. In my photography I search for
patterns and ornaments rather than scenes,and I approach the motif so closely
that it becomes an abstraction. The glass shuts the image in like a secret and
the viewer must come quite close in order to see the image clearly. The inner walls
of the glass rod mirror the image in a way that distorts the picture. Straight
lines become curved, and these lines move when the viewer moves. Thus the
glass rod gives the photograph a new dimension, an experience somewhat related
to looking into a kaleidoscope." |
Lise Stang Lund completed her master's degree at the National College of Art and
Design in Oslo, Norway in 1997. She has also studied in London and Stockholm. In
1999, she was awarded the commission for a major wall decoration at a high school
in Førde, Norway. She has participated in several group exhibitions, and she
had her first solo exhibition at Gallery Format in Bergen the summer of 2002.
Stang Lund has a studio in Oslo where she now works full-time. She is currently
employed by the Norwegian Association for Arts and Crafts (NK) as a project
coordinator for continuing education for artists. Stang Lund has received a government work grant for younger, newly established artists as well as several other grants. In 2001 she was awarded first prize for a work called "Rolling Stone" in a national competition arranged by NK. |
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