BIGGER THAN MY BODY
Color: heard and seen. Music and painting to defy the mortal limits of art.
Friday, November 22, 2019 | 8:00 PM
Saturday, November 23, 2019 | 8:00 PM
Irondale Center | Fort Greene, Brooklyn
This is a call to the colorblind
This is an IOU
I'm stranded behind a horizon line
Tied up in something true
Yes, I'm grounded
Got my wings clipped
I'm surrounded (by)
All this pavement
Guess I'll circle
While I'm waiting
For my fuse to dry
Someday I'll fly
Someday I'll soar
Someday I'll be
So damn much more
'Cause I'm bigger than my body
Gives me credit for
John Mayer's immortal words speak the truth that artists are always "ready to burst," and the feeling of all that pent-up energy inside of them is indescribable. There can be no empathy for the bursting artist. Even other artists around them can't understand what it's like to feel trapped inside the limits of their particular human form. At the same time, our civilization continues to evolve in how we view beauty, both visually and aurally. There is an increasing and warranted demand to open our minds and hearts to the many varied identities of others around us. A vulnerable look at the momentary creative process of the artist and the relationship between colors, seen and heard, is needed.
Together with the artist Robyn Prezioso, Choral Chameleon invited its audiences into the inner sanctum of the process. Listeners heard vivid color, line, shape, shade, and form in the works of Meredith Monk, Jocelyn Hagen, Ēriks Ešenvalds, Dominick DiOrio, and others, as this inspired artist paints on canvas a complete work from start to finish.
After an uninterrupted hour of music and painting, there was a short intermission to get a drink from the bar, after which art historian Karin Miller-Lewis moderated a discussion with Robyn Prezioso and Artistic Director Vince Peterson about the work's response to the music.
The Chorus performed with string quartet, glass harmonica and piano.
Season artwork by Jake Lem.
Color: heard and seen. Music and painting to defy the mortal limits of art.
Friday, November 22, 2019 | 8:00 PM
Saturday, November 23, 2019 | 8:00 PM
Irondale Center | Fort Greene, Brooklyn
This is a call to the colorblind
This is an IOU
I'm stranded behind a horizon line
Tied up in something true
Yes, I'm grounded
Got my wings clipped
I'm surrounded (by)
All this pavement
Guess I'll circle
While I'm waiting
For my fuse to dry
Someday I'll fly
Someday I'll soar
Someday I'll be
So damn much more
'Cause I'm bigger than my body
Gives me credit for
John Mayer's immortal words speak the truth that artists are always "ready to burst," and the feeling of all that pent-up energy inside of them is indescribable. There can be no empathy for the bursting artist. Even other artists around them can't understand what it's like to feel trapped inside the limits of their particular human form. At the same time, our civilization continues to evolve in how we view beauty, both visually and aurally. There is an increasing and warranted demand to open our minds and hearts to the many varied identities of others around us. A vulnerable look at the momentary creative process of the artist and the relationship between colors, seen and heard, is needed.
Together with the artist Robyn Prezioso, Choral Chameleon invited its audiences into the inner sanctum of the process. Listeners heard vivid color, line, shape, shade, and form in the works of Meredith Monk, Jocelyn Hagen, Ēriks Ešenvalds, Dominick DiOrio, and others, as this inspired artist paints on canvas a complete work from start to finish.
After an uninterrupted hour of music and painting, there was a short intermission to get a drink from the bar, after which art historian Karin Miller-Lewis moderated a discussion with Robyn Prezioso and Artistic Director Vince Peterson about the work's response to the music.
The Chorus performed with string quartet, glass harmonica and piano.
Season artwork by Jake Lem.
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Artistic Director Vince Peterson chats with Robyn Prezioso
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Robyn Prezioso talks about her process
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ABOUT THE VISUAL ARTIST
Education 2005 MFA Painting, Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA Studied with Renown Bay Area Artist Kim Frohsin 1997 BFA Studio Art, Kean University, Union, NJ Solo Exhibitions 2016 Artifacts and Company Long Beach Island, NJ 2015 Art Tour For The Shore Pops Garage Asbury Park, NJ 2013 "Figuratively Speaking" Steam Cafe in conjunction with JC Studio Artists Tour 2012 "Bow Wow Meow" Camile Cesari Designs, Jersey City NJ 2007 Skinners Loft, Jersey City, NJ 2007 "Summer Painting Series" La Preziosa Fine Art and Studio, Bayonne, NJ 2006 "The Homecoming Show" La Preziosa Fine Art and Studio, Bayonne, NJ Group Exhibitions 2018 Watchung Center for the Arts "The Salon Show", Watchung , NJ Hob'Art Gallery "Dialogue". Hoboken, NJ Barrow Mansion Gallery "Colors" , Jersey City, NJ Read Robynʻs full CV here. |