Artistic works inspired by musicians from the Mitchell Conversatorium went on show at Gang Gang Gallery in Lithgow on Saturday, June 16.
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But they were not there simply to be seen. They were there to inspire the musicians in a conversation between the different art forms.
Mitchell Conservatorium executive director Graham Sattler devised the concept as a way of connecting two art forms that usually do not have a great deal to do with each other.
“Artists and musicians use similar language – musicians talk about colour and visual artists talk about noise,” he said.
“But we tend to work discreetly, even though art and music are often inspired by the same sort of things.”
The conversation between the musicians and artists began at the Gang Gang Gallery during the LithGlow celebrations in May.
Musicians played for the artists and inspired their work.
“The actual drawing was affected – it affected the way the pastels were put on the paper,” artist Jenny Sewell said.
The untitled artwork, a joint production by Jenny and fellow artist David Newman-White, depicts the Blast Furnace ruins.
Jenny said she kept telling people where the work was set because she had so many people tell her it looked like somewhere in Europe.
The three artworks, two paintings, the second by Jessica Leffley, and a film by Sean O’Keeffe, were directly inspired by the music, played in a range of styles, by Mitchell Conservatorium musicians in May.
The musicians returned for the ‘response’ part of the conversation on Saturday, playing music inspired by the new works. The performance was open to the public.
“I love having musicians in the gallery, it is a lovely space to have music,” Gang Gang Gallery owner Sharon Howard said.
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