Anne Patterson’s Star Spinning Through Spring sculptures as seen with her Year of Wonder series
THE COLOR OF SOUND
The Color of Sound exhibit at the Sun Valley Museum of Art in Ketchum, ID explores the relationship between art and synesthetic experience. It features artwork by artists who are synesthetes—who experience synesthesia, the phenomenon by which certain people experience one sense through another—as well as work by artists who, though not synesthetes, seek to create synesthetic experiences for viewers.
Anne Patterson process paintings
Anne Patterson’s Star Spinning Through Spring sculptures as seen with Daniel Mullen’s paintings
Selection from Anne Patterson’s Year of Wonder series
Anne Patterson process paintings
Anne Patterson’s Star Spinning Through Spring sculptures as seen with Daniel Mullen’s paintings
From the Sun Valley website: Artist Anne Patterson’s practice ranges from works on paper to large-scale installations. A synesthete who sees shape and color when she hears sound, she incorporates multisensory experiences into her work, combining architecture, sculpture, light, video, music and scent in her most immersive and interactive projects. This exhibition includes three separate bodies of Patterson’s work: a set of her process drawings, which combine her notes with quick sketches and help viewers better understand the way her experience of sound informs her visual work; two sculptures made from steel, resin and piano wire that become kinetic when hung in space; and a month of small watercolor drawings inspired by Clemency Burton-Hill’s book Year of Wonder: Classical Music to Enjoy Day by Day. A listening station accompanies Patterson’s Year of Wonder installation, allowing visitors to hear the music that inspired each of Patterson’s drawings.
The Color of Sound was on view at the Sun Valley Museum of Art from January 13th through March 18th, 2023.