ART INSPIRES MUSIC:
Interdisciplinary Gallery Project 3
Guest curated by Kimber Lanning
Arizona State University Art Museum
Nelson Fine Arts Center
April 4, 2006 through March 10, 2007
image credit:
Ron Wagner
Ben Goo, 1974
drawing and collage, 29 1/2 x 20 1/2"
gift of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Goo
FREE LIVE ACOUSTIC CONCERT
Tuesday, April 4
ASU Art Museum, Top Gallery
ART INSPIRES MUSIC: Interdisciplinary Gallery Project 3
Local musicians Yolanda Bejarano, Aaron Gerwien, Steven Reker and Robin Vining created musical compositions inspired by works of art from the ASU Art Museum permanent collection for Art Inspires Music Museum visitors engage in both music and visual art at listening stations within the interdisciplinary space of the museum's Americas Gallery.
About the Musicians
Yolanda Bejarano composed her song in her native Spanish. She currently fronts a band called Snowsongs, and has worked with the bands Chula and The Slow Down. She is an alumnus of ASU.
Steven Reker plays under the name wonderful wednesday and also sings in the touring band Reindeer/Tiger Team. Reker is in his final semester as dance major at ASU.
Aaron Gerwien currently fronts a band called Black Feet and was a founding member of The Go Reflex.
Robin Vining has been playing music in the Phoenix area for over a decade. He currently plays a wide variety of instruments for his bands Sweet Bleeders, Colorstore, Fatigo and also fills out the sound of a number of other local bands.
Artists in the Exhibition:
Ron Wagner, Ben Goo, 1974
(Musician: Yolanda Bejarano)
John Allen Dawson, Untitled (woman with lips), 1973
(Musician: Steven Reker)
Leonard Baskin, Worchester, 1953
(Musician: Aaron Gerwien)
Russell Crotty, Towers and Dishes, 1992
(Musician: Robin Vining)
About the Curator
Guest Curator Kimber Lanning is the owner of Stinkweeds New and Used Music, director of Modified Arts and co-founder of Arizona Chain Reaction.
Support
The project is made possible with in-kind support from Modified Arts, Jerry Audio/Video, 513 Analog Recording, Inc. and Friends of the ASU Art Museum.
The Art Inspires Music project is facilitated by Jennifer Chao, Windgate curatorial intern at the ASU Art Museum.
Interdisciplinary Gallery
The Interdisciplinary Gallery is a space within the museum designated for guest curators to select works from the ASU Art Museum's rapidly growing permanent collection to open dialogues between the visual arts and other disciplines. It is a unique project among museums in the region.
ASU Art Museum Exhibitions
Selected past exhibitions at the ASU Art Museum include:
Bill Viola: Buried Secret
Pipilotti Rist: Sip My Ocean and other videos
William Kentridge: Ubu Tells the Truth and Other Stories
Shirin Neshat: Rapture
Jim Campbell: Transforming Time
Adam Chodzko: Limbo Land and A Place for 'The End'
Not Quite Myself Today
PHACAEANS: Desktop Videos/Laptop Installation by Sloane McFarland
Sites Around the City: Art and Environment
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