The period around 1910 in Europe certaily seems to have been a fascainting time for the arts - aas you say, partly lost in the cataclysm of war. I loved the painting from the 90s.
Thanks Jeffrey. Yes that whole period around that time was quite extra ordinary and transformative and turbulent culturally and socially. And the rise of paper communication in a very significant way via newspapers, independent journals, the postal services, people carrying around calling cards, personal transportation was starting to take hold with trains and cars. Global shipping, Electricity, telephones. all mind bending stuff at the time. Then the collapse of the aristocratic order and the rise of the voice of the 'common man'.
I forgot how much I enjoyed Rites of Spring! And I remember all of us listening to endless hours of the 3 Penny opera in graduate school when we were all taken with German expressionists and playing all kinds of music for my foundation students. Your post really made me feel energized. Now to go make something. (as soon as I get over this cough!)
If you have a cough put on a scarf, have some tea or something, put on some music, get under your blanky with a sketchbook and draw some stuff for the evening.
What a rich and fascinating post! I love the merging of mediums in the post itself: your wonderful still images (just beautiful!), the music of Stravinsky, and even the visuals of the Tilson Thomas video you attached, with its staccato and swirling camerawork. Not to mention its all connecting to the cultural history of the moment you've selected for inspiration. Kudos!
By the way, are you familiar with the work of Christian Marclay? A major part of his work is an attempt to express sound visually with photography. A totally different result, but you might find it interesting.
The painting with color is magnificent and exciting to my eyeballs! I can almost 'hear' the music but can definitely see it. The black/white/gray one is really a great one to study for a long time. I've seen your asemic/asonic writings but to see it like this in all it's wonderful dimensions is a real treat for the eyes! I can stare at these paintings over and over again for a long time each time. I've been told by an art dealer that "art should be disturbing in it's attractiveness" yet, your work is pure enjoyment in its depth, design, color palette, and flow........yes, very much like listening to music that moves the soul and spreads joy throughout one's body.
The movement and expression of the violin piece is wonderful!
Your cross pollination idea is fascinating. I recently made a collage with a poem to accompany, which worked well enough that I intend to do more moving forward. Bringing all the fields you've mentioned together is well worth exploring.
Thanks Martin! Yes, part of my approach is to actually study up on poetic and musical forms, theories, definitions and techniques and the ideas behind them and see how to interpret those ideas into visual art.
The period around 1910 in Europe certaily seems to have been a fascainting time for the arts - aas you say, partly lost in the cataclysm of war. I loved the painting from the 90s.
Thanks Jeffrey. Yes that whole period around that time was quite extra ordinary and transformative and turbulent culturally and socially. And the rise of paper communication in a very significant way via newspapers, independent journals, the postal services, people carrying around calling cards, personal transportation was starting to take hold with trains and cars. Global shipping, Electricity, telephones. all mind bending stuff at the time. Then the collapse of the aristocratic order and the rise of the voice of the 'common man'.
I forgot how much I enjoyed Rites of Spring! And I remember all of us listening to endless hours of the 3 Penny opera in graduate school when we were all taken with German expressionists and playing all kinds of music for my foundation students. Your post really made me feel energized. Now to go make something. (as soon as I get over this cough!)
If you have a cough put on a scarf, have some tea or something, put on some music, get under your blanky with a sketchbook and draw some stuff for the evening.
What a rich and fascinating post! I love the merging of mediums in the post itself: your wonderful still images (just beautiful!), the music of Stravinsky, and even the visuals of the Tilson Thomas video you attached, with its staccato and swirling camerawork. Not to mention its all connecting to the cultural history of the moment you've selected for inspiration. Kudos!
By the way, are you familiar with the work of Christian Marclay? A major part of his work is an attempt to express sound visually with photography. A totally different result, but you might find it interesting.
Thanks Elizabeth! Christian Marclay has not been on my radar at all.
The painting with color is magnificent and exciting to my eyeballs! I can almost 'hear' the music but can definitely see it. The black/white/gray one is really a great one to study for a long time. I've seen your asemic/asonic writings but to see it like this in all it's wonderful dimensions is a real treat for the eyes! I can stare at these paintings over and over again for a long time each time. I've been told by an art dealer that "art should be disturbing in it's attractiveness" yet, your work is pure enjoyment in its depth, design, color palette, and flow........yes, very much like listening to music that moves the soul and spreads joy throughout one's body.
Thanks Annette! I think I will focus a bit on the Visual Musicality idea for a few posts.
The movement and expression of the violin piece is wonderful!
Your cross pollination idea is fascinating. I recently made a collage with a poem to accompany, which worked well enough that I intend to do more moving forward. Bringing all the fields you've mentioned together is well worth exploring.
Thanks Martin! Yes, part of my approach is to actually study up on poetic and musical forms, theories, definitions and techniques and the ideas behind them and see how to interpret those ideas into visual art.