Asta Lynge
Instrument
2025
Modified cattle grids in galvanised steel
Two parts each measuring 310 x 198 x 22 cm
Instrument is a sculpture made of cattle grids in galvanised steel. Cattle grids are used in fields with grazing animals where a road intersects a hedge or fence to discourage cattle from crossing it thus remaining in the field.
In this work, Asta Lynge has cut the steel tubing of two cattle grids into varying lengths and mounted them vertically. This transforms the cattle grids into two gigantic pan pipes. In Greek mythology, these pipes are the instrument of the god Pan. He is the god of shepherds and herds of animals and the notes emitted by the whistle are associated with mystery and allure. In Instrument, a contrast exists between the durable, heavy steel and the momentary fleeting notes of the pan pipes.
Lynge’s work is both cattle grid and pan pipes. This fits in very well with the work being placed amid the fields and close to Fuglsang Manor which, around 1900, was the pivot of vibrant musical life. The composer Carl Nielsen visited the manor and also used Pan as inspiration in his work Pan & Syrinx written in 1918.
Today, Ensemble Storstrøm has moved into the former house of the farm bailiff, and music thus remains an important part of this place.
The work was acquired with financial support from the New Carlsberg Foundation.
Asta Lynge (b.1988) graduated from Central Saint Martins, London (2012). She has shown at many exhibitions at home and abroad, and solo exhibitions include venues such as Overbeck-Gesellschaft (Lübeck), Skal Contemporary (Skagen), and Francis Irv (New York).
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