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Contemporary Outlook: Seeing Songs

Presented by Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA) at Museum of Fine Arts Boston

July 1, 2009-February 21, 2010

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Technology has rendered music more accessible and pervasive than ever before. MP3 players are omnipresent; every cell phone can make a statement about the owner's musical taste. Music is everywhere, and in the process has become both more public and more private. We all travel through life with our own soundtrack—sometimes others can hear it; sometimes it's ours alone. Visual artists, however, have been inspired by music throughout history. They have responded by transforming something that is arguably intangible, into visual, physical form. "Seeing Songs" presents an eclectic mix of work—mainly from the Museum's collections—that draws on music as inspiration, focusing on abstract as well as representational art and connections to musical forms as varied as classical, jazz, and pop. From lyrical works on paper by Wassily Kandinsky and a painting by Stuart Davis that depicts music as gesture and improvisation, to recent videos by Gillian Wearing and Candice Breitz that explore the relationship between pop stars and their fans, this exhibition brings together an international group of artists in whose work we see songs.

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Event Name: Contemporary Outlook: Seeing Songs
"Great collection of music artwork"
Review posted by: Jean from Boston MA, Oct 05, 2009

I saw this last week and I thought it was so great to have a whole section dedicated to music and how artists "see" music and create into a visual art piece. Also really liked the Madonna "karaoke"... Expand

I saw this last week and I thought it was so great to have a whole section dedicated to music and how artists "see" music and create into a visual art piece. Also really liked the Madonna "karaoke" exhibit with all of the people singing her album. Kepp up the great work! Collapse