Sounds of the inner eye : John Cage, Mark Tobey, Morris Graves
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Sounds of the inner eye : John Cage, Mark Tobey, Morris Graves
Museum of Glass: Internatioal Center for Contemporary Art , University of Washington Press, c2002
Available at 2 libraries
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Originally published under the title: Klänge des inneren Auges, c2002
Exhibition venues, Kunsthalle Bremen, Bremen, Germany, Feb. 10-April 14, 2002, Museum of Glass: International Center for Contemporary Art, Tacoma, Wash., July 6-Oct. 6, 2002
Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-245)
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Sounds of the Inner Eye explores the artistic and biographical connection among three of the Pacific Northwest's most significant and highly respected artists. Mark Tobey, often aligned with the abstract expressionists, was a pioneer in integrating elements of Asian art into mystical, calligraphic paintings. Morris Graves, known as something of an art world maverick, combined Eastern religious beliefs and a deep appreciation of the natural world in his work, focusing initially on the Northwest's birds and vegetation. John Cage, an avant-garde composer, philosopher, writer, and printmaker, began his visual creations with graphic representations of musical scores, and then evolved to include printmaking, drawing, and watercolor. Sounds of the Inner Eye explores the lives and careers of these three men who were instrumental in leading a community of artists, patrons, and scholars into a deeper understanding of the potential and power of art and, in turn, had a large impact on much of what followed in modern art in America. Known as the Northwest Mystics, they were influenced by Eastern philosophies and the natural beauty of the Pacific Rim.
Their legendary nickname has remained over time, helping to establish the Northwest as a center for artistic talent, worthy of the admiration of the international art community.
Table of Contents
- John Cage - an artist who accepts life
- Mark Tobey - a dialogue between painting and music
- the art of Morris Graves - meditation on nature
- sounds of the inner eye - Mark Tobey, Morris Graves, John Cage - excerpts from papers presented at a Pacific Friendships meeting of the Satie Society. Catalogue of the works of John Cage: on the interplay between art and music. Catalogue of the works of Mark Tobey: Japanese traditions and American art
- 25 mesostics re and not re Mark Tobey
- conversing with Richard Kostelanetz and Daniel Charles about Mark Tobey. Catalogue of the works of Morris Graves: Morris Graves
- series re Morris Graves
- tradition - a continuous crisis, creativity and man, his imagination and images.
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