Opening Reception, Saturday, March 19, 2011
March 19th - April 19th
It's got a good beat and you can paint to it.
Forgive the pun, paraphrase, or whatever else you deign to call that opening sentence. We're not making light of Lyric, a forthcoming show at 323East that will be curated by Glenn Barr and will feature two-dozen or so works by an impressive list of artists. We're just happy to see that, in an art world filled with far too many ambiguously-themed exhibits, there are still group shows that don't require a refresher course in either Barthes or Baudrillard.
The common denominator at the very heart of Lyric is (obviously) music. What is heard - what comes from or is fashioned by the musical scale of notes - is often the immediate prelude to what is felt on the emotional roster of our feelings. Everyone has a favorite song or (conversely) a song they wish they could banish from thought because the latter carries a baggage of bittersweet memories. Likewise a line from a particular song may prompt a multitude of images in the mind of the listener. And if the listener is prone to pick up a pen or a brush on occasion...
And that is the starting point for every piece in this exhibit. Barr asked each participant to "transcribe" a musical motif and its words onto canvas. The result is an impressive score and one without a single discordant note.
Music and its lyrics can always stimulate our emotions and it can have us contemplating a visional narrative. Lyrics have been known to be the fodder of some of the greatest works in the world. This exhibition will illustrate the artists personal transcription from a songs lyric to canvas.
Participating Artists Include:
Jeff Soto
Michael Segal
THH70
Gary Taxali
Cammy d’Errico
Travis Louie
Davin Brainard
Chris Riccardi
Brandt Peters
Kathie Olivas
Joey Seeman
Bask
Lisa Petrucci
Rick Morris
Chet Zar
Trevor Young
Mark Dancey
Bryan Cunningham
Marie Blanco Hendrixx
Chris Dean
Brandi Milne
Calef Brown
William Wray
Yumiko Kayukawa