"Musique Plastique" Exhibition
agnès b. galerie boutique
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With the work of 20 international artists who are known to continuously switch between the disciplines of visual arts and music, Musique Plastique originally debuted at the agnès b. Galerie du Jour in Paris in January 2011.
Curator Jean François Sanz invited visual-musical artists from around the world to exhibit work that typifies this dual practice and the exhibition displays a wide variety of media: from drawing to video, photography to painting and multi-media installations. Artists explore numerous musical styles, from electro-rock, no-wave, post-punk, minimal electro, synth-pop, folk, experimental rock and angry disco punk.
There are few creative fields that have such a richly rewarding relationship as the visual arts and music. Why indeed should we choose between Elvis and Duchamp, Botticelli or Sonic Youth, Kraftwerk or Warhol, Matthew Barney or Debussy? Some artists never decide, or refuse to make this decision and instead develop a double practice, exploring the fields of both visual art and music.
What inspires a painter to pick up a guitar? What makes a musician create a video? Most importantly, what relationships can be established between visual work and sound design and does the creation of a multi-disciplinary work influence the form and content of the creation? Musique Plastique examines the connection between these two creative disciplines so we can better understand what separates these artist-musicians (or musician-artists) from other contemporary art and music scenes.
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Schedule
from June 14, 2012 to August 25, 2012
Opening Reception on 2012-06-14 from 18:00 to 21:00