Abstract
The steady proximity of Simon Holt's music to visual art and sculpture invites us to consider both the phenomenon more generally (music inspired by the sister arts), and to establish more precise connections between the latter and Holt's pieces. The latter include the 'Icarus' trilogy, responding to Bruegel's 'Landscape with the Fall of Icarus' and Auden's 'Musée des Beaux Arts'; 'Tauromaquia,' to Goya's etchings; 'Nigredo', to Anselm Kiefer's canvas; 'Maïastra', to Brancusi's sculpture; 'feet of clay' to Bruce Nauman's photograph; 'Palace at 4 a.m.' to Giacometti's surrealist sculpture; and 'Troubled Light' and 'Ellsworth 2' to Ellsworth Kelly's 'Yellow Relief with Black' and 'Painting for a White Wall'. Recent music evinces Holt's increased focus on incompatible, violent clashes that sabotage the 'work' concept.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | The Music of Simon Holt |
| Editors | David Charlton |
| Place of Publication | Woodbridge |
| Publisher | The Boydell Press |
| Pages | 284-304 |
| Number of pages | 21 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781783272235 |
| Publication status | Published - 2017 |
Keywords
- Holt, painting, sculpture, colour, Kelly, Giacometti, Brancusi, Goya, politics