Lynn Wong

Artist Statement

The general pursuit of the artist is depicting the sublime, not only in basics like nature and math but also in pop culture. Ms. Lynn Lee Wong is liberal in utilizing math, pop imagery, and non-traditional art tools such as jigsaw puzzles. She integrates symbols, pop culture imagery, and the creative process. People work with information via language and symbols, ex: numbers, graphs, and visuals 2D or 3D. The artist applied paint in between rectangular wood pairs and rotated the pairs about a nail holding them together (see video on website). The nail position is varied based on equations of the line (in the Pigment Series) and the circle (in the Sun series). The combination of opposites is a theme. She chose colors from the presence and absence of light, color pigments of human skin, and the changes of color in a life cycle from birth to death. The chaos of viscous paint and the order of math, irreversibly unify. Through art, the artist explores unexpected deep meaning and expression about our relationship with the world, nature, and what lies beyond.