"one guitar, two shoes and countless holes" Exhibition
Sloan Fine Art
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Stefan Saffer had the pleasure of seeing Derek Bailey perform live on three occasions before the jazz musician’s untimely death in 2006. Each show was a completely unique and pure experience, inspiring the artist to strive to recreate in his own work the intense momentum of thought, experience, knowledge and wisdom he felt watching Bailey. This initial inspiration led to the eventual “collaboration” one guitar, two shoes and countless holes.
For this exhibition, Saffer creates and arranges his intricate cut out and folded works on paper around a video performance of Derek Bailey and legendary tap dancer Will Gaines. The installation, dynamic as a whole, is comprised of individual works, each with its own momentum and mood, an improvisation inspired by, and in homage to the experience of losing oneself in ones art while inviting others to lose themselves in the final creation.
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Schedule
from September 17, 2008 to October 11, 2008
Opening Reception on 2008-09-17 from 19:00 to 21:00