Without the Darkness You can’t see the Light.
Gallery of the Month, Denmark
Poetic abstraction: expressionist art from a small Danish island “I’m the red lady,” says Tine Mynster, and flashes a charming, red-lipsticked smile. On the wall behind, in her eponymous studio and art gallery on the small Danish island of Alrø, is a giant crimson painting. “I have a special connection to it. Many people are afraid of red because it’s blood and aggression. But for me, it’s the fire you have inside yourself. Otherwise, you will be grey.” Now, the self-taught painter is inviting visitors to Galleri Mynster, where her entire arresting oeuvre of abstract expressionism is on display and for sale. By Lena Hunter
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Photos: Lars Aarø
“When I was a child, I dreamt in vivid colours and had colourful nightmares. Colours have always been a part of me,” recounts Mynster. “It came very naturally. I didn’t realise until later in life that I saw the world differently to others. For example, if I lost a button, I would go and buy a new one without having the shirt 78 |
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been Mynster’s primary creative discipline. She’s a singer-songwriter, trained at the Royal Academy of Music in Denmark, and has released an astonishing
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with me,” she says, illustrating an almost synaesthetic perception of colour and emotion. Whether it’s a cause or effect of her work, Mynster deftly uses synaesthesia as an artistic device. Despite her hypersensitive perception of colour and emotion, visual art has never
Tine Mynster, the red lady. Photo: Christina Ann Sydow
