Linling Lu

Fugue in 3 Voices

Linling Lu in her studio, Baltimore, Maryland, 2019. Photograph by Xiaoming Liu, Ph.D. Courtesy of Arting Gallery.

Upcoming exhibition

Fall 2026 – Winter 2027
Located in The Baker Museum

Baltimore-based artist Linling Lu is best known for her sonically inspired circular paintings, which have been exhibited in museums and public collections around the world. Her hard-edge paintings are composed of concentric rings of color that appear to vibrate, and the shades of color in her paintings respond to the sounds she hears in music. Lu meticulously paints each band of color by hand, using bands of varying widths to evoke musical contemplations and creating paintings that range up to 9 feet in diameter.

For this installation, Lu created new pieces inspired by symphonic works that have been featured in the Naples Philharmonic’s Masterworks series: Dvořák’s Symphony No. 9, “From the New World,” Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 3, “Eroica.” Just as a fugue interweaves different musical voices, this exhibition will weave the influence of these three composers together into one cohesive installation that invites the viewer to consider music with their eyes as well as their ears. This synthesis of musical and visual sources of inspiration is deeply ingrained in Lu’s artistic practice: Trained as a classical pianist, she continues to find inspiration in the study of music, and practices piano in her studio between painting sessions.

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