The Schmooze
Music in the Key of Twombly
Graphic by Angelie Zaslavsky
Crossposted from Haaretz
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.”
