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