GIG BAG PAINTINGS
2022, OIL ON CANVAS / PANEL
French Horn, Trombone /paper,30x40
Viola /linen60x60
Recorder&Cello /panel,30x30
Brass Band /linen,50x60
Harp&Euphonium/ panel,30x30
French Horn & Strings /linen, 50x60
Cello /linen,40x50
Drums & Tuba /linen,40x50cm
Saxophone /panel, 30x30
Saxophone /panel,30x40
Tuba & Euphonium /linen,40x50
Saxophone & Accordion /linen, 40x60
French Horn /linen,50x50
Orchestra /linen.50x70
Double Bass /panel,30x40
Tuba&Accordion/ panel,30x30
Seven panels and nine canvases, under the name Gig Bags, conceived from one and the same idea.
'Gig bag': musician's slang for any kind of case that serves as protection when carrying a musical instrument. This can be anything: case, cover, tube, sheath, box, bag, box. The shape suggests what's inside, but we won't see that.
Painted here outside their everyday environment, they look lost, displaced, do not belong anywhere. There is silence, and a touch of adieu…