Angel
Ian Harris
"Will God or someone else give me the strength to breathe the breath of prayer and mourning into my paintings, the breath of prayer for redemption and resurrection?"
Marc Chagall ‘My Life’
My work ‘Angel’ represents the drama and dynamic of colour and meaning within the painting ‘The Falling Angel’ by Marc Chagall. Painted between 1922-1947, the final version of this work includes motifs that sum up Chagall’s entire oeuvre: Jewish, Russian and Christian symbols, animals, instruments, people and angels.
"When Chagall paints you do not know if he is asleep or awake. Somewhere or other inside his head there must be an angel."
Pablo Picasso
soprano: Sharon Jones
broken melodeon, voice, sound processing: Ian Harris
duration: 5’ 55
composed Spring 2002
Ian’s website:
www.orrery-music.co.uk
‘The Falling Angel’, 1922-47
Oil on canvas, 148 x 189 cm
Kunstmuseum, Basel
www.kunstmuseumbasel.ch
ANGEL was 'performed' as part of SONIC ARTS 2002, an electronic/computer music concert at Colchester Institute on Wednesday 22 May 2002.
Complete programme details:
ANGEL Ian Harris
SWAMP Adrian Budgen
24 HOURS (IS A LONG TIME IN POLITICS) Nick Thompson
TEXTURES Andrew Allen
I HAVE A DREAM Rhett Moir
FIRE OF MAN Pete Williams
ITER TRANQUILLUS Greg White
TUI THE JOYOUS, LAKE Dan Merrill
© 2002 Ian Harris