Philip Gelb will perform pieces on shakuhachi inspired by and dedicated to the painter, Robert Kostka. Since meeting Kostka and encountering his work (at Meridian Gallery several years ago), Gelb has found that they both explore similar ideas. Both have studied intensely, traditional Japanese art forms and brought these ideas into a contemporary medium, painting and music. Kostka’s use of shading, timbre and time in his paintings is very similar to the way Gelb approaches the same concepts in sound. Gelb’s concert will be in the context of a retrospective of Kostka’s work at Meridian Gallery.
Cost: $10 general, $5 students/seniors