Exhibition of new works on paper by Jason Moran on view at Luhring Augustine
Jason Moran: The Sound Will Tell You, Luhring Augustine Tribeca, New York (January 16 February 27, 2021).
NEW YORK, NY
.-Luhring Augustine is presenting The Sound Will Tell You, a presentation of new works on paper by Jason Moran, which marks the gallerys second exhibition with the artist. Internationally renowned as a jazz pianist and composer, Morans interdisciplinary and often collaborative visual art practice mines the history of music, and its social, cultural, and political subtexts.
To create these vibrant and textured works, Moran places a sheet of Japanese Gampi paper on a piano and records his various attacks on the keys. The motion of his hands is tracked in layered lines of saturated pigment, and washes of color spill across the compositions, tracing the pull of gravity, or charting the creases and natural fibers of the paper. Recalling traditions of gestural abstraction and automat
2020 has been a year of unprecedented changes. For the performing arts world, the cancellation of live performances has meant a significant loss of income for artists and venue owners around the globe.
For many people within the arts and outside of them, financial strain has been augmented by illness or the threat of it, physical isolation from loved ones, bigotry and systemic injustices that continue to ravage our world, and countless other challenges of living.
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Maybe promise waits in adversity. I definitely wouldn t be turning my scripts into webcomics if the Off-Broadway theater that commissioned them wasn t dark. Yes, several shows were cancelled but this gave me time to create virtual workshops, donations, and support groups that may not have otherwise existed.
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