‘Tone’ was held at Stevenson Gallery, Cape Town in April/May 2011
Most of us have a long and close relationship with music. From elements which are often non-narrative, mostly repetitive and largely abstract, we extract or assemble meaningful experience, repeatedly. And yet, when it comes to visual art, we rely more readily on elements like representation, symbolism and narrative. I address this here in a series of 26 pencil drawings (variously titled Tone, Pitch and Field), a linocut and two sculptures. Using a reduced palette and only line and its sculptural equivalent, edge, I explore visual correspondents for music and sound, and their constituent parts.
Tone 2011
Polypropylene, hardware
Timbre 2011
Polypropylene, hardware
Field 1 2011
Pencil on paper
Field 2 2011
Pencil on paper
Field 3 2011
Pencil on paper
Field 4 2011
Pencil on paper
Pitch 1 2011
Pencil on paper
Pitch 2 2011
Pencil on paper
Pitch 3 2011
Pencil on paper
Pitch 4 2011
Pencil on paper
Pitch 5 2011
Pencil on paper
Pitch 6 2011
Pencil on paper
Tone 1 2011
Pencil on paper
Tone 2 2011
Pencil on paper
Tone 3 2011
Pencil on paper
Tone 4 2011
Pencil on paper
Tone 5 2011
Pencil on paper
Tone 6 2011
Pencil on paper
Tone 7 2011
Pencil on paper
Tone 8 2011
Pencil on paper
Tone 9 2011
Pencil on paper
Tone 10 2011
Pencil on paper
Tone 11 2011
Pencil on paper
Tone 12 2011
Pencil on paper
