In the not-so-recent past, when someone wanted to buy art, they had to walk into a gallery in a major city. Kayyali, A. (2006). Music therapy for decreasing patient stress: A new study is currently examining its effectiveness. American Journal of Nursing, 106(4), 72A. Leja, Michael. Reframing Abstract Expressionism: Subjectivity and Painting in the 1940s (includes artist’s statements). New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1993. After visiting a Scott show in London in 1953, James Johnson Sweeney, then director of the Guggenheim, wrote to the gallerist Martha Jackson: “At last England has a painter.” That same year Scott became one of the first British artists to visit New York, where Martha Jackson introduced him to Rothko, De Kooning, Kline, and Pollock. The following year, Scott, with Hepworth and Bacon, took part in a three-person show at the MJ Gallery going on to exhibit with Jackson regularly through the next decade. The influence of Rothko was particularly strong, and in 1959 the Rothko family visited the Scott’s at their cottage in England. Rothko had just finished his Seagram paintings while Scott was working on his Altnagelvin mural; both artists discussed the issues and problems of where and how an artist can best show his work. Vitz, Paul C. and Arnold B. Glimcher. Modern Art and Modern Science – The Parallel Analysis of Vision. New York: Praeger Publishers, 1984. Le Clair, Charles. Color in Contemporary Painting (includes artist’s statements). New York: Watson-Guptill Publications, 1991. Zucker, Barbara. New York Reviews: Ellsworth Kelly.” Artnews vol. 74, no. 5 (May, 1975): 96. Exhibition of Work By Newly Elected Members and Recipients of Honors and Awards, American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, May 19-June 13, 1999. Oleg Vassiliev, along with Erik Bulatov and Ilya Kabakov, was a leader of Moscow’s Conceptual School. According to the well-known critic and curator, Joseph Backstein, the artist is “represented by key works that enable one to see how the Conceptual School deconstructed not only the ‘Soviet’ picture, but painting as a whole.” His contributions to the recognition of “Russian art” becoming “International art” are significant. He left Russia in the late 1980s for a move to New York where he began exhibiting with Phyllis Kind Gallery in SoHo. Today, his paintings are in museum and private collections worldwide. Buchanan, J. (2000). The effects of music therapy interventions in short-term music therapy with teens at risk: An opportunity for self-expression in a group setting. Canadian Journal of Music Therapy, 7(1), 39-50. With a mission of making contemporary art more approachable, the Hyde Park Art Center offers engaging exhibitions, as well as community programming of all varieties: artist talks, a residency program, studio classes and more. Established in 1939, it’s the oldest alternative exhibition in Chicago.
Gold et al. 58 studying the dose-response relationship in music therapy have shown that dosage was a highly significant predictor, with the number of sessions explaining 73{81ba776f17fec9454490d7b8fbf4dc8c5c5020b4f83f6b2aaca6427b8ebffab5} of the variance in effects on depressive symptoms; whereas design and disorder showed no relation to the effect size. This finding implies that more number of sessions of music therapy is required to treat depressive symptoms irrespective of the underlying disorder. 24. ^ For example, if elderly people lived in a retirement home, a standard daily routine or common everyday activities were seen as usual or regular treatment. If, on the other hand, a resting period (e.g., Chan et al., 2012 ) was carried out simultaneously, this was interpreted as an (non-music”) alternative. NOTE: The 1960s is generally seen as the decade when artistic values gradually changed, from “modernist” to “postmodernist”. This means that for a period of time both sets of values co-existed with each other. Rhona Hoffman Gallery, founded as Young Hoffman Gallery in 1976, recently moved from its longtime home in the West Loop to burgeoning strip of galleries in West Town. Specializing in international contemporary art in all media, particularly of the socio-political variety, Rhona Hoffman exhibits young and emerging artists alongside established ones. Early on, it was one of the first galleries to offer exhibitions to women artists such as Jenny Holzer, Barbara Kruger, Sylvia Plimack Mangold and Cindy Sherman. Other notable artists who have shown here include Sol LeWitt, Gordon Matta-Clark, Fred Sandback, Lorna Simpson, Nancy Spero, Richard Tuttle, Carrie Mae Weems and Kehinde Wiley (among many others). Robarts, J. (2003). The Healing Function of Improvised Songs in Music Therapy with a Child Survivor of Early Trauma and Sexual Abuse. In S. Hadley (Ed.), Psychodynamic Music Therapy: Case Studies (pp. 141-182). Gilsum, NH: Barcelona. Hilliard, R. (2007). The effects of orff-based music therapy and social work groups on childhood grief symptoms and behaviors. Journal of Music Therapy, 44(2), 123-138. Hopkins, Henry T. Twenty American Artist. Exh. cat. San Francisco: San Francisco Musuem of Modern Art, 1980: 6. The autonomic nervous system is particularly sensitive to various subtle and overt musical meanings, leading to neural excitement and states of heightened arousal on one extreme and neural inhibition with deep relaxation on the other (Zatorre et al., 2007). In addition, musical experiences can cause the neuroendocrine or hormonal system to release feel good hormones such as dopamine and serotonin, which imbue intense feelings of pleasure and reward (Rodriguez-Fornells et al., 2012; Schneck & Berger, 2006). Music also activates the limbic system, releasing endorphins that can make us feel better and reduce pain perception (Beaulieu-Boire, Bourque, Chagnon, Chouinard, Gallo-Payet, & Lesur, 2013). Further, music listening can reduce anxiety levels (known as an anxiolytic effect), by suppressing the sympathetic nervous system activity, and in doing so, reducing release of the stress hormone adrenaline (Bradt & Dileo, 2014; Chlan, 1998). Musical tempo, harmony, melody, rhythm and volume in music can therefore be manipulated to regulate heart rate, blood pressure, sensory perception, cognitive function, neural activity, and emotional response depending on the requirements for a given situation (DeNora, 2000; Schneck & Berger, 2006).
Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY (organized in collaboration with the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York.). Abstract Expressionism: The Formative Years. 30 March – 14 May 1978. Traveled to the Seibu Museum of Art, Tokyo, 17 June – 12 July 1978; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 5 October – 3 December 1978. Catalogue with texts by Robert Carleton Hobbs and Gail Levin. Criqui, Jean-Pierre. Gang of Four.” Ellsworth Kelly at Ninety. Exh. cat. New York: Matthew Marks Gallery, 2013: 14-17. Tucker, Marcia. The Structure of Color. Exh. cat. New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, 1971. Unfortunately, more studies than I care to count will simply say, relaxing music,” giving no indication of what that actually means, or they may describe the music too vaguely. Same goes for stimulating music,” which could be anything from hair metal to dubstep. This all adds up to mean scanning technology such as PET, EEG, or fMRI will read very different brain activations from one study to the next, despite the studies claiming similar situations. I will discuss the myth of relaxing music in the next post in this series. is an online resource for all art enthusiasts. Art collectors, art travelers and artists will find our comprehensive online Gallery Guides and Museum Guides to be very useful. We feature guides for thirty-seven major art destinations as well as every state. Be sure to look at our Art Fairs Guide and our guides to Miami Art Week and New York Art Fairs and Los Angeles Art Fairs which are up online year around. Scumbling: Painting with very little pain ton the brush, to produce a feathery, uneven texture. Secondary Colours: Colours created by the combination of two primary colours: orange (red and yellow), green (blue and yellow), and purple (blue and red). Serigraphy: A printing process involving stencils and a screen; known as silk screening commercially. New from Nozkowski” (Max Protetch Gallery exhibition review). New York Observer, 8 March 2006. MARCH 14-APRIL 6: First exhibition of his sculptures in America is held at the 291” gallery in New York, organized by Steichen and selected by the artist with Steichen. Includes six bronzes, five plasters (probably including those of the first four Jeannette sculptures; pls. 127, 128, 138, 139), one terra-cotta, and twelve drawings. The show is attacked by the critics; none of the works is sold. Petzet, Michael, ed. 1973. Bayern Kunst und Kultur. Exh. cat. Munich: Stadtmuseum. Eight of the 12 groups created at least one product within the allotted time (see chart below). There were no similarities regarding number (2 versus 3 people), majors, or mixed or same sex groups. Characteristics of the remaining 4 groups (N=10 females) revealed no pattern for number in group or major. In fact, ontask percentages and ratings of these participants revealed little difference from the group’s measures (e.g., KORG enjoyment (M=6.5, SD=.71), electronic devices enjoyment (M=5.30, SD=1.33) and music therapy applicability (M=6.20, SD =.79).
The rules of ‘Contemporary Arts’ could never trap him. During the 1920s, Laurens’ style evolved. He abandoned the sharp geometric shapes of ‘Cubism’ and adapted a less ‘Abstract’ and more sensuous ‘Curvilinear’ style to give a decorative effect. Critics often described Laurens’ works as innovative and uninhibited. His works spanned from ‘Collage Making,’ to ‘Poster Painting,’ to ‘Engraving,’ and ‘Theater Designing.’ “Bunch of Grapes” (1922), “Seated Woman” (1930), “Oceanid” (1933), “The Farewell” (1941), “Water Sprites” (1933), “Bathers” (1931), and “Autumn” (1948), are a few examples of the exceptional works he did in his lifetime. In 1938, he exhibited with Braque and Picasso, in the key Scandinavian cities. Knight, Christopher. The Barry Lowen Collection. Exh. cat. Los Angeles: Museum of Contemporary Art, 1986. Odell-Miller, H. (2016). Music Therapy for People with a Diagnosis of Personality Disorder. In J. Edwards (Ed.), Oxford Handbook of Music Therapy (pp. 313-334). Oxford: Oxford University Press. A devil’s purse (which is a very small object one may find on the beach; it holds the eggs of the skate). Part of the purse lies open, cut away. Inside, some shells sit on shelves. The shelves appear to have some depth whereas apparent extension of these shelves behind the purse do not. The purse looks as if it were on display. A devil’s purse is a very small object (approximately 12 cm); it is magnified many times in this image. Geretsegger, M., Holck, U., & Gold, C. (2012). Randomised controlled trial of improvisational music therapy’s effectiveness for children with autism spectrum disorders (TIME-A): Study protocol. BMC Pediatrics, 12(1). Mullan, M. (2005). Finding harmony together through musical expression. Journal of Dementia Care, 13(2), 22-24. This painting may just look like a black square – but that’s because it is. The work by Kazimir Malevich is considered the first painting to not actually be of anything. Malevich wanted to completely reject the idea that art should depict reality, or even try to. This painting and Malevich’s ideas went on to inspire countless artists in the twentieth century, and was the basis on which abstract and conceptual art movements were widely built – not necessarily changing the world, but changing art forever. Wallach, Amei. A Pair of ‘90s Shows of Some Serious Survivors” (Andre Emmerich Gallery exhibition review). New York Newsday, 17 January 1992. Standley, J. (2003). Music Therapy with Premature Infants: Research and Developmental Interventions. Silver Spring, MD: AMTA. Music Therapy uses music and all of its facets—physical, emotional, mental, social, aesthetic, and spiritual—to help clients improve their physical and mental health, such as cognitive functioning, motor skills , emotional development, social skills, and quality of life, by using music experiences such as free improvisation, singing, and listening to, discussing, and moving to music to achieve treatment goals. It has a wide qualitative and quantitative research literature base and incorporates clinical therapy, psychotherapy, biomusicology , musical acoustics, music theory, psychoacoustics, embodied music cognition, aesthetics of music, sensory integration , and comparative musicology.
Baker, F. (2011). Facilitating Neurological Reorganization through Music Therapy: A Case of Modified Melodic Intonation Therapy in the Treatment of a Person with Aphasia. In A. Meadows (Ed.), Developments in Music Therapy Practice: Case Study Perspectives (pp. 280-296). Gilsum, NH: Barcelona. Rickson, D., Molyneux, C., Ridley, H., Castelino, A., & Upjohn-Beatson, E. (2015). Music therapy with people who have Autism Spectrum Disorder – Current practice in New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Music Therapy, 13, 8-32. Haunch of Venison, New York. Abstract Expressionism: A World Elsewhere. 12 September – 12 November 2008. Catalogue. Like literature, music has also a language of its own and the notes produced whether in abstract melody or any composition has some message to convey or some mood to create. Speaking metaphorically, the notes and nuances of musical sounds which ultimately go to make musical picture or image can be compared to a painter’s brush and the colors that he uses in paining a sketch. The language of music, through different, is very largely common in both the presentation of abstract music, like raga alap or orchestral composition or even musical compositions having lyrical, poetic or art content. Instrumental music by contrast does not have any spoken words or verbal language. Still, however, it bears a much larger resemblance with vocal music in the sense that it can successfully portray not only abstract or melodic music consisting of musical notes and nuances presented in emotional and stylized form, but has also a language in which musical messages or feelings are sought to be conveyed. The keys of the piano, the breath of the shahnai, the plucking of the sitar and sarod and the percussion of tabla or mridang are not only the sounds of instrumental music but very largely constitute the language of instrumental music as it were. Instrumental music is presented in a highly abstract form and also in easily understandable and readily enjoyable fixed compositions. Stern Gallery, Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio. Figure to non-Figurative: The Evolution of Modern Art in Europe and North America. 23 August 2002 – 16 September 2003. Willard, Charlotte. Living in a Painting” (includes artist’s statement). Look 17, no. 15 (28 July 1953): pp. 52-55. Carrier, David. Thomas Nozkowski” (PaceWildenstein exhibition review). Art US, no. 23 (Summer 2008): 30, illustrated. Exposicion Arte Abstracto 1953 Santander. Exh. brochure. Santander, Spain: Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, 1953. Willem de Kooning was enormously influential in the development of Kline’s mature style, and the guiding force behind his transformation from a painter of landscapes and realistic themes to abstraction. The event that led to the transition is an interesting one, Kline took a drawing and gave it to de Kooning who projected it using a Bell Opticon projector, the projector enlarged the drawing so much that the image began to overlap at the edges. The impact of this projection almost instantly transformed Kline from figurative art to abstract representation. This incident had occurred at a time when Kline was intellectually exhausted, and provided impulse he needed to progress as an artist. The transformation was represented through the Nijinsky paintings, which possess elements of self-portraiture and depicting a series of heads based on the dancer Nijinsky in the role of Petroushka.
