Music in the Key of Twombly
Image by David Bachar
Crossposted from Haaretz
Image by David Bachar
Several years ago, on one of his trips to Europe, saxophonist Ariel Shibolet went to a museum and discovered the American artist Cy Twombly.
“Abstract art often feels heavy,” says Shibolet, who creates abstract music, “but his drawings have a totally different feeling. They have something crispy, alive and close. I have trouble using the word ‘inspiration,’ but it does happen that before a concert I gaze at a book of Twombly’s paintings.”
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