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Scotland. Brunvand was recently named one<br />
of Utah’s 15 most influential artists, voted on<br />
by Utah’s on-line arts magazine, Artists of<br />
Utah-15BYTES.<br />
“This multi-part work is from an ongoing<br />
series, The Positive of Space of Silence. These<br />
works use player piano scrolls as a substrate<br />
and as an integral part of the concept. The<br />
scrolls are encodings of music, but by themselves<br />
are silent.<br />
Sandy Brunvand<br />
Born in Michigan, Sandy Brunvand moved to<br />
Salt Lake City in 1982. Sandy is an Assistant<br />
Professor (Lecturer) in studio art & art education<br />
in the Department of Art and Art History,<br />
University of Utah. After receiving her MFA in<br />
2003, she co-founded Saltgrass Printmakers, a<br />
non-profit printmaking studio and gallery<br />
located in Salt Lake City. Brunvand’s artwork<br />
incorporates painting, drawing, printmaking,<br />
and mixed media and has shown throughout<br />
the United States, as well as in Canada,<br />
England, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Bosnia,<br />
China, Colombia, Palestine, Hungary, and<br />
Their negative space encodes the notes, but<br />
the actual scrolls are composed primarily of<br />
positive space. Not only are the scrolls<br />
reminiscent of Asian scrolls in their physical<br />
aspect, I am also emulating the Asian tradition<br />
of grouping scrolls into four seasons of<br />
images, although not as literally as tradition<br />
dictates. There is no season recognition in<br />
war or peace. The titles of the individual<br />
scrolls, when placed in this setting, take on an<br />
entirely different interpretation from their<br />
original intent. Each scroll has images<br />
depicting both a darker turmoil and a hopeful,<br />
peaceful portion rising to the top of the<br />
scroll.<br />
Each of the scrolls is held down at the base<br />
with one or more wishing stones.”<br />
Sandy Brunvand | April 2018<br />
Positive Space of Silence, Peace<br />
4 Piano scrolls with ink painting<br />
244 x 152 cm | 2017<br />
www.sandybrunvand.com