POETRY READING
by
Alexander Shundi
Presented in conjunction with the exhibition – The Art of Alexander Shundi
Saturday, March 5
5:00 – 6:00 p.m. / Doors open 4:30 p.m.
The Moviehouse Studio Gallery, 48 Main Street, Millerton, NY
MILLERTON, NY—On Saturday, March 5, from 5:00 – 6:00 p.m., The Moviehouse Studio Gallery offers visitors a rare opportunity to hear the poems of Alexander Shundi, read by the artist himself, while viewing their accompanying works of art in the exhibition – The Art of Alexander Shundi.
The exhibition features a number of collages accompanied by poems, written by Shundi in English or Italian with the accompanied translations. The collages/poems are conceived to explore a synergy between expression in spoken-written language, and reactions to visual images. It is all an illusion, primarily. But what follows is of interest: one may serve as a key to decipher the other, and vice versa.
The pieces are conceived primarily as illustration in its purity of meaning: to shed light on a thought concept. Both the discipline of vision and of the written poem, have much in common in the formal means of expression, as in their requirement for balance, mystery, rhythm, atmosphere, and harmony.
As a master of his craft, Shundi’s works display a complex and imaginative mind that is rarely at rest. His work is intricate, and rich in symbolism. Brimming with references to religion, sacred geometry, spirituality and mythology, the work incorporates organic forms, often set within an architectural framework, and often plays with perspective in a unique way – think Bosch, meets Dali with overtones of José Clemente Orozco and De Chirico, while paying homage to African, Amerindian, and early Italian Renaissance art, all within a particularly subjective interpretation of space and time very much within context of modernism.
The readings will take place at 48 Main Street, Millerton, NY. The event is free and open to the public. Doors will open at 4:30 p.m.
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