Interview

Apr 30

Trine Lund

A painting can be as fleeting as a poem, as lightly floating as a bird, s flight across the sky, as flirtatiously frivolous as a kiss on a cheek. Exactly this kind of poetic lightness is possessed by the artist Trine Lund’s artwork. And yet they are remembered because they often balance beautifully, somewhere between fleeting recollection and grounded experience.

What is your background and how did you start your journey in the art world?

“I let the materials take control and combine them into new expressions, while trying to give way for the unfinished, raw and incomprehensible. I worship everything that doesn’t look like anything. It is a liberation of being. Everything that doesn’t make sense means the most to me. Having insight into other ways of being, other ways of acting, other ways of perceiving and feeling - it comforts my constant challenge with having autism and Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD). From early childhood I was forced into creating my own world of shelter growing up with no understanding and knowledge of a different brain - an expanded sensitivity. Art became my breath. My world within the world of neuro neutrals. Today we have knowledge, tomorrow we know more. That is the most important statement in the art I create. And my personal take on tenderness activism.”

Do you plan your work in advance, or is it improvisation?

“I work with an honesty that is almost insignificant and so spontaneously that it almost become interesting.”

Are there any art world trends you are following?

“I admire the art that is questioning our norms and way of perceiving life. Art is a mirror that reflects our vulnerability, imperfections and innermost feelings. And art that bites that, embrace that - with honesty and insight - is something I truly admire.”

What process, materials and techniques do you use to create your artwork?

“I use everything! From everyday tissues to wet wipes, cardboard wrapping, mixed media is my middle name! I enjoy to celebrate the beauty of things that surround us all the time - and take them into new expressions that make them precious.”