“Linling Lu’s vibrant tapestry of found patterned fabrics, Agitated Meditation, No.12, stretched in a perfect circle under glass, floats off of the wall –beckoning the viewer into the intricate patchwork of silky hot pinks, purples, yellows, burgundies, and blacks... It suggests that its creation served as the site of meditation implied in the title, like the geometric mandala diagrams used in Buddhist practices. Hung among families of enduringly popular pieces and recent acquisitions – from classic blue and white porcelain earlyQing Dynasty vases to a newly restored rare 19th-century Thai pulpit –Lu’s work jumps ship but, instead of a mutiny, offers a beautiful mutation and streamlining of tradition.”
IMAGE: Linling Lu, Agitated Meditation, No.12, 2015, mixed media, 67 x 67 x 2 inches. Installation photographed by Xiaoming Liu, Ph.D. Courtesy of the Walters Art Museum
