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Local artist participates in 'Transfiguring' show
Sculptor Lilla Ohrstrom, owner of Youngblood Art Studio in The Plains, painter Lida Matheson Stifel, a former Fauquier resident, and photographer Karen Keating are participating in a unique exhibition entitled “Transfiguring.”Set to open Sept. 12 at the Washington, D.C. Sumner School Museum, the exhibit will feature the human form as its shape is transfigured through different artistic media.
As the title implies, each artist will use the materials of her medium to reshape the ideas and forms with which she is working. Through this “process of working,” the original form, in this case the human figure, becomes a tangible object, emotive of the original shape but transfigured into either something more concise or complex depending on the artist's method, Sumner spokeswoman Colleen Hahn said.
Artwork will be displayed both independently and also merged into mixed-media group pieces demonstrating a blend of materials, ideas, and form, Hahn said. Each artist creates from her own perspective, but the single focus of the exhibition ? the human form ? allows a framework for the collective influence of the process to shape many of the pieces.
All three artists have works in national private and public collections, Hahn said.
Ohrstrom has a degree in sculpture from Skidmore College University Without Walls and studied at Parsons School of Design in Paris. She has worked privately with American artist Cyril Heck in Paris and apprenticed with Felix deWeldon, sculptor of the Iwo Jima memorial. In addition, Ohrstrom completed a year of “perfectionment” at the Ecoledes Arts Décoratifs in Strasburg, France. She works in both ceramics and clay, although clay is her preferred medium for its malleable nature, and for its elements of surprise. At her studio in The Plains, Ohrstrom teaches classes, hosts life-drawing sessions and exhibits local artists’ work.
Located at 1201 17th Street, NW, the Sumner School Museum will display the exhibit through Dec. 30. The museum is open Mondays through Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information, call (202) 442-6060.
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