Word: tonalities
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Shades of Significance: Tonal Values in Abstract...
...shame that the Fogg Museum has kept its current exhibition "Shades of Significance: Tonal Values in Abstract Art" underpublicized and virtually hidden behind an exhibition of antique clocks. The show opened December 11, but it has not received the exposure and recognition it deserves. The exhibition examines the uses of color and tones in abstract art, spanning from Picasso's Cubist collages to Louise Nevelson's monochromatic sculptural reliefs...
...Shades of Significance: Tonal Values in Abstract Art" continues the fine season of abstract art exhibited at the Fogg Museum. The show raises interesting issues of the formal elements in art. More importantly, this exhibition acknowledges the emergence of abstraction as an evolutionary stage of art. At one time in the '60s, the Fogg was respected as an institution that supported the new developments of the contemporary art scene. One only has to think of Michael Fried's 1965 show, "Three American Painters," to be reminded of the golden days of the Fogg. Does the museum have the vision...
After the physical and tonal woodenness of theBartok Sonata, the vibrancy of the horn soloheralding the beginning of the Brahms Horn Trio,like a good antacid, would have spelled relief.Brahms composed this work for the "natural horn"prevalent in an age just before his own. The"natural horn" appealed to him since one must muteit with one's hand in order to play certain notes,and he desired that the entire trio maintain acorrespondingly muted timber. However, even whenmuted, the passion of Brahms' compositions cannever be suppressed. The trio which performed inSanders, Robert Rauch on horn and Mihae Lee onpiano...
...lyrics perfectly. An intense jam session ensued, and the audience was led off into the Drums/Space portion of the show, when drummers Bill Kreutzmann and Mickey Hart explore rythmic patterns with drums from around the globe and then the other musicians return to the stage to probe the tonal and harmonic boundaries of music...