Listening To Jackson Pollock
On Tuesday, I walked into the Guggenheim museum for the very first time. That evening also marked the very first time I listened to Jackson Pollock.
Over half the floor space on the fourth level at the museum currently showcases Pollock's art work - from his early pencil on paper pieces, ink/paint on Japanese paper to his signature oil on canvass.
I think the fact that I scored free tickets to the Pollock installment of the Works & Process series at the Guggenheim made the evening all the more sweeter! haha.
The evening began with viewing Pollock's works and continued with a music performance by 13 musicians (strings, percussion...) as directed by John Zorn, who as I discovered that evening was one of the best in his field. he was recently certified a Genius!! he's just won the McArthur Genius Award.
The music was basically an interpretation of Pollock's abstract artwork. (discounting watching Sunday in the park wuth George) this is the first time i've experienced anything like that... having a music perofmance directly tied to an art exhibition.
Like Pollock's work- the music was abrupt, disjointed and largely abstract, while at the same time cohseive.
Still there was something about the music that I wasn't too crazy about. It was noisy and cluttered at moments and almost a earful.
While i could understand where it was coming from in terms of echoing Pollock's works... I left the theatre wondering if the music could have been a little more palatable even as it retained intrinsic qualities of Pollock's works. At certain moments - the cluttered music did create a slight earsore (sorry, genius). This was unlike the artist's works - even with his cluttered brush strokes/drip method etc... - which are visually appealing. well in my biased opinion, at least.
STill, i must say that the entire event was a refreshing way to presenting art....
And i do maintain that pollock's works are best interpreted through progressive house music.
Over half the floor space on the fourth level at the museum currently showcases Pollock's art work - from his early pencil on paper pieces, ink/paint on Japanese paper to his signature oil on canvass.
I think the fact that I scored free tickets to the Pollock installment of the Works & Process series at the Guggenheim made the evening all the more sweeter! haha.
The evening began with viewing Pollock's works and continued with a music performance by 13 musicians (strings, percussion...) as directed by John Zorn, who as I discovered that evening was one of the best in his field. he was recently certified a Genius!! he's just won the McArthur Genius Award.
The music was basically an interpretation of Pollock's abstract artwork. (discounting watching Sunday in the park wuth George) this is the first time i've experienced anything like that... having a music perofmance directly tied to an art exhibition.
Like Pollock's work- the music was abrupt, disjointed and largely abstract, while at the same time cohseive.
Still there was something about the music that I wasn't too crazy about. It was noisy and cluttered at moments and almost a earful.
While i could understand where it was coming from in terms of echoing Pollock's works... I left the theatre wondering if the music could have been a little more palatable even as it retained intrinsic qualities of Pollock's works. At certain moments - the cluttered music did create a slight earsore (sorry, genius). This was unlike the artist's works - even with his cluttered brush strokes/drip method etc... - which are visually appealing. well in my biased opinion, at least.
STill, i must say that the entire event was a refreshing way to presenting art....
And i do maintain that pollock's works are best interpreted through progressive house music.
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