peaceful emptiness
sporadic mark making
clustered mark making
rhythmic marks
water washes
famous american avant-guard composer and artist in the 20th Century.
John cage at the Hayward.
John cage is said to be one of the most influential avant-guard composers of the 20th Century. He was a famous composer,poet,philosopher,printmaker and music theorist. He was also part of the influence of Modern Dance we know and love today.
Although he was less well known for his paintings they seem to echo his love of for experimental/aleatoric music (chance music). His paintings were produced he says ' by chance operations using a computer'. He says that chance meant that every implication resulting from chance was good. His paint brushes were made from bird feathers.
He said that feather brushes ' gave me a kind of confidence because a feather isn't a normal brush'
In his series of paintings he used 26 different colours and 7 washes.
The series of circle paintings (one of which is shown at the beginning of this blog) were produced by drawing around large pebbles. His project was exploring the Rock Gardens in kyoto, Japan.
John was a writer, painter and composer until 1933, when he devoted his time to music. His painting comes under the movement of abstract- expressionism.
dreams
self- alterations
magic squares
sense perceptions
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