Music meets art on the walls of the Plaskett Gallery this month.
A new exhibition, Compositions on a Musical Theme 2, opens at the gallery on Nov. 3 and runs until Jan. 3.
The exhibition features work by Langley resident Melissa H. Clark, a continuation of a 2005 exhibition at the Heritage House in Langley. Her inspiration for the pieces comes from her many years studying music - in fact, Clark still studies piano at the Langley Community Music School.
"My work examines music through visual means," Clark explains in a press release. "By concentrating on line and spatial relationships, I evoke the movement that would be necessary to play and hear music. Through multiple exposures, the complexity of lines fades in and out of the picture plane, as would the dynamics of musical composition."
Clark notes that the work has wider meaning as well.
"These works are painted music and a metaphor for my life, to illustrate the multitude of changes I encounter as a teacher and artist," she said. "Becoming one with the instrument introduces the element of structural transformation and metamorphosis.
Here, music and paint flow through the spirit of the artist like a melding of hands and guitar, body and cello."
Clark makes mention of one piece in particular, Wonderful Internal.
"This basic wooden structure or skeleton of a cello reveals a set of woven strings meant to reflect an inner sense of rhythm, tone, colour and metaphorically the knowledge incorporated as a teacher," she says.
"The strings of the sculpture also reflect my past and future work, whereby I concentrate on the motion of music through drawings and paintings."
The Plaskett Gallery is at Massey Theatre, 735 Eighth Ave. It's accessible by appointment or during events at the theatre.
See www.masseytheatre. com for more details.
