Phipps Center for the Arts
Stillwater, MN artist, Lyz Wendland Received a Minnesota Artists Initiative Grant to create and mount this site-specific installation.
Windows on Cedar Avenue
While it is similar to her Phipps Center for the Arts installation, pictured above, it was made especially for these windows on Cedar Avenue.
For best viewing, come by after dark and see them glow!
Lyz Wendland artist statement
My work reflects my interest in mapping and architecture, especially the appeal of repetition and the reassuring promise of reliability. My mainly abstract pieces deal with the comfort offered by repeating forms and actions and they examine the subtle rigidity of my cookie-cutter neighborhood. Which offers a sometimes clear and sometimes blurred delineation between public and private spaces.
The connection of the everyday mundane intertwines with the predictability of structure. The lines, shapes, and also forms. I observe in my suburban neighborhood inspire my current body of work made up of the layered process of drawing, painting, installation, and also sculpture.