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New: Drawing in the Dark: The Art of Sol Schwartz, the Spirit of Music - $8 (Berlin, MA)
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Paperback by Sol Schwartz (Author), 2011
Brand New in Factory Sealed Plastic Wrapping
Would make a nice holiday or birthday celebration gift idea for a musician or artist
"Live musical performance is ephemeral. It often feels as ephemeral as life itself....
In his drawings of musicians, Sol Schwartz has achieved something amazing and marvelous of his own:
he has over and over again described the moments of intense concentration, of communication,
of effort, and of unselfconsciousness that we, as performers, experience."
- Joel Smirnoff, Juilliard String Quartet
“The spirit of music and movement are captured in the art of Sol Schwartz,
whose vibrant, spontaneous drawings have reflected the beauty and excitement of music, theatre, and dance,
in the Berkshires and beyond, for more than a decade.”
- Laurie Norton Moffatt, Director/CEO, Norman Rockwell Museum
Sol Schwartz: Drawing in the Dark featuring the well-known artist’s vibrant, spontaneous drawings,
that have captured the beauty and excitement of music, theater and dance at such performing arts centers as
Tanglewood, Shakespeare & Company, Berkshire Theatre Festival, Jacob’s Pillow, and Barrington Stage Company.
“It happened by accident,” says Sol Schwartz. “ I used to make little sketches in the corners of my programs when I attended concerts.”
Eventually the artist began bringing a sketchbook along to work in, and over the years has completed thousands of studies,
including likenesses of such musical, dance and theater superstars as André Previn, Itzhak Perlman, Emanuel Ax, Seiji Ozawa, Yo-Yo Ma,
Katherine Dunham, Savion Glover, Mark Morris, and many others.
“The novelty of my work is that I do it while a performance is underway, sometimes in the pitch dark,” Schwartz notes.
He prefers not to adjust or complete an artwork after the fact, and enjoys the sense of immediacy that is conveyed by drawing on site.
Working in pencil, ball point pen, and Japanese sumi brush, he tries to convey “the spirit of the concert… that ineffable nature of a great performance.”
Sol Schwartz: Drawing in the Dark looks at the artist’s original drawings and sketchbooks, along with the creatively-designed
large scale prints that reflect his enthusiastic love of color, graphic art, and digital technology.
In brand new, excellent condition, from smoke-free home
Pick up in Berlin, MA (sorry we don’t ship items, really we don't)
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