Their claustrophobic patchworks of patterns and textures may bring to mind the flattened compositions of artists like Joseph Yoakum, Roger Brown and William Copley.
As the title hints, two of the creative influences behind the release were the mind-expanding effects of psychedelic drugs and the acid-jazz compositions of artists like Jamiroquai and Roy Ayers, somewhat uncommon reference points for a rapper.
This method of exploring art through Delaunay triangulation is part of a larger trend among new media artists, who use code to analyze, explore and recontextualize the color palettes and compositions of classical artists, filtering their aesthetics through digital methods.
In contrast to the scores of white performers who simply covered some would say stole the compositions of black artists, the practitioners of blue-eyed soul devoted themselves to and identified with contemporary black music in a manner rare outside the jazz community.
But there was no chance that the pale composition of The Body Artist (2001), the futurist sculpture of Cosmopolis (2003), the accomplished but limited Falling Man (2007), or the denuded Point Omega (2010) could rise beyond mere competence and permanently shift a reader's vision.
And infra-red reflectography probes those secrets of composition that artists thought they had hidden for ever.Infra-red reflectography is the basis of "Art in the Making", an exhibition that has just opened at the gallery.
There, in addition to still lifes and landscapes, he painted figure compositions and some portraits of artists, actors, and writers, including four of painter Augustus John, actress Jean Simmons (c. 1948 49), and writer Roald Dahl (c. 1944), who was a fan (and owner) of Smith's work.He had a successful late career in London.
That is the run time for this sprawling, messy production closing out La MaMa's 50th-anniversary season, featuring texts and compositions by a long list of artists.
When we posted about Harwell's diagnosis in September, we remarked on Harwell's connection to pop culture, and particularly to music: he was a songwriter whose compositions were recorded by dozens of artists.
During the decade, objections were raised to the quality of compositions and the limited musicianship of artists.
