Tag: Bach

S_V_H Bach Minuet BWV 1067 Final image

Published on by Scott Von Holzen
Variable size L74”xH29.5”xD3”

This is the last blog image of J.S. Bach’s minuet In B minor (From Orchestral Suite No. 2) This has been a very long and drawn out project that started on April 21st.  I am still working on a 5 volt DC adapted update for this artwork so that the music need not rely on batteries.  This artwork is the first that will allow the user to shut off not only battery power but also the DC adaptor,  if used instead.   After finishing that upgrade, I will then date and sign the work.

I have entered this artwork in the upcoming art exhibition that is one of the best local shows.  This is part of the application:

“Confluence of Art Annual

Juried Art Exhibition Featuring Recent Works

September 18-November 15, 2020

Application deadline: 10am on June 22, 2020

CALL TO ARTISTS

CONFLUENCE OF ART ANNUAL is a juried art exhibit that seeks recent, original works by artists of all visual mediums. The following awards are selected by the juror:

Best of Show:  $500

First Place:  $250

Second Place: $150

Third Place: $100

A VIRTUAL EXHIBIT OF THE CONFLUENCE OF ART ANNUAL WILL BE CREATED ON OUR WEBSITE. A SOLELY VIRTUAL EXHIBIT OPTION IS POSSIBLE DUE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. In the case that Pablo Center cannot safely open to the public, determined by the CDC, Badger Bounce Back Timeline, our Board of Directors, and Pablo Center staff, we will move the Confluence of Art Annual to be solely a virtual gallery on our website, pablocenter.org. In this case, we will use the images that have been submitted through the application process.”

If I am reading this right, the Art exhibition may be open to visitors.   If not, I dread a “virtual showing.”  This artwork needs to be seen to be believed.  Here is one of the videos I sent in along with my twenty dollar application fee (pay to play).  This video tries to explain my artistic style.

Scott von Holzen

S_V_H Bach Menuet image2

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Bach Menuet in open position, L76″ x H31″:

Bach Menuet in closed position, L76″ x H24″:

My lovely wife asked me why I was doing this?  I saw that question as why spend a considerable amount of time adding this moveable feature?  Besides, losing time, solving the many problems adding motion causes and not knowing for what purpose, I had no answers.  The ability to move the music around the artwork adds nothing to its meaning. That we both could agree with.  My response was ” ’cause I can?”  Not an answer I could defend.  She did not ask me to.  Now I can.

If I may borrow a title given too many of Kandinsky’s artworks, “improvisation”, that is what I should add to the title of this artwork.  For me, improvisation means experimental. This is what this artwork is all about, beyond the music it represents.   I am in the mood for change.  I have grown tired of creating more 2019 art and want a fresh look for 2020. Although,  for many,  I am wondering if this will be the year they wish to forget and end.  For me, not so much.  Time is what I need a lot of, for this artwork needs explanation.  The time I have left in 2020 will not be used to search out group venues and to create works that match some made-up theme.  For this year, none of that.  I have lost my motivation to show.   For the rest of 2020 I am tired of the same-oh-same-oh and want another way to represent music. This artwork, for all of it still stuck in 2019 aspects, is going somewhere else.  Hi, ho silver! The masked artist is making a move.

Scott Von Holzen

S_VH_H Classical Music Series of Mini Paintings

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This is my first Series of mini-artworks based on four well-known Classical music composers.  Moving clockwise from the left I have Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto,  Frederic Chopin’s Nocturne Op. 9 No. 2, J.S. Bach’s Cello Suite No. 1 in G major ,and Beethoven’s 5th Symphony.  These are all individual artworks, that I will be making multiples of each.   The Chopin and Bach works are the largest being over 13 inches in length by 13 inches in height.   I have documented the production each of these artwork, using templates and some standardized parts, to reduce time along with the price.  I am looking at $89 for the Beethoven and $125 for the other three as a starting prices for this Series 1.  These works will be available on my Etsy painting site before December 1st.

 

In the video I referred to my neighboring vendor’s display of his 39 dollar sea turtles.  Here is that picture of these little critters that he sold all day long  and what became an awakening at my first Art and Craft Fair in Appleton Wis:

So it goes………….

Scott Von Holzen