Music & Art Similarities – Jazz, Abstract, Color & Sculpture
(larger View) Jazz1 – Digital Painting 2005
Within the last couple of months I produced a few pieces of specifically jazz related work. They are a bit of a departure from most of my artwork, but were fun to create. There was a competition in conjunction with the Monterey Jazz Festival – at least held at the same time and proximity and I was urged to participate.
My tact was rather obvious – referencing instruments and their being played and placing them in an abstract, multi-leveled, multi-colored sculptural kind of way. As a result, these are the areas of connection I am going to touch on today.
There is such an obvious connection when art references the playing of music that the only thing worth pointing out – is that it is intended to make such an obvious connection – garnering support by the connection itself.
Music and abstract art seem very connected to me. Neither has to be about anything other than what it is. Being multi-leveled, multi-colored, and sculptural are also shared by music and art.
Sound gets layered upon sound upon sound and changed with each addition as the layers of color or paint would change a painting. And the building of music requires not only beat and sound but space – just like a sculpture’s empty space is every bit as important as the solid.
To be continued…
See Also
- Jazz Art
Links to Jazz Art on the Web - Abstract Expressions: Musical Portraits of American Masters
Connection between Music and Abstract Expressionism - Connection.org: Sonic Sculpture
when music and sculpture might be one and the same - 48th Annual Monterey Jazz Festival
Official Site for Monterey Jazz Festival
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