Play the violins III for JoeJarrah by marcopol
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After Henry Ossawa Tanner and William Sidney Mount.
I'm starting a new mini series between art and fantasy. My starting point is simple: the characters in the paintings have a life of their own that does not leave indifferent some informed viewers. These imagine, out of empathy, that the music could allow them to enter into a relationship with these fictional characters and enrich their living conditions in the painting. This time, the viewer finds her place between two paintings.
Thank you for the view and your comments
Comments (4)
Tracesl
excellent
marcopol
Thank you very much
mazzam
Very nice.
marcopol
Thank you very much
JoeJarrah Online Now!
A beautifully realised series. The interplay of the musicians and their painted audience is adroitly done. The balance and light here are very appealing.
The choice of Mount's "power of music" results in a multi layered narrative of life imitating art; the black labourer is excluded from the company of the white musicians, despite being drawn to the sound, and the young violinist is separated from her listener in the painting, though her expression shows she yearns to share... And the juxtaposition with Tanner adds another layer, just as he, as black artist experienced discrimination and exclusion until he departed America for France, many black musicians in subsequent decades would do the same (Bud Powell, Sidney Bechet, Kenny Clarke et al)...
marcopol
Thank you for all these insights that show so much sensitivity. :)
MollyFootman
I've always thought that music sets you free from mundane reality. The ecstatic expression of the girl with the violin looking toward "The Power of Music" seems a message to the black man standing outside of the barn and listening to the white men play. In "The Banjo Lesson" the youngster is learning to play an instrument... learning to be free? The use of black characters highlights for me to search for freedom. Thank you for sharing!
Molly
marcopol
once again your reading made of observations and sensitivity is correct. Thank you for your comments, dear Molly