Feb 10th 2023

Within and Without / / Time and Sound

“Play and improvisation are large aspects of my painting process. I am driven to act on my visual ideas, notions, and emotions as they arise in the moment, and those intuitive moments are supported by historical knowledge and a varied amount of preparation. This process seems parallel in interesting ways to the process of my favorite musicians, particularly the ones found in Chicago’s improvised music scene. I learned to act decisively as a painter from studying Chicago jazz improvisers as they engaged in dialogue with one another on stage, and as they worked within, without, and despite the constraints of time and sound. I learned to feel the shape of so much wonderful music, and this continues to inform my artwork today.

I am honored to witness the musical collaboration of Jake Wark and Bill Harris, two Chicago musicians who have inspired some of my own work, and who will improvise musically within the gallery space at Alma during the run of Collected Pauses.”

—Jeffrey Sanderson

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