PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION @ BLUMINE GALLERY

ART THROUGH MUSIC SERIES

Khachatur Khachatryan, Cello

Blumine Galley, 29 Kreta Ayer Road

Tuesday (21 January 2025)

Okay, its not exactly Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition, and nobody died. It is instead an interesting experiment of music and art by the Armenian cellist Khachatur Khachtryan at his Blumine Gallery on 29 Kreta Ayer Road. Part of Singapore Art Week, its premise is simple: KK performs three original solo cello works in response to three art pieces in his gallery.

The pieces included A Moment and Bustling, an aural representation of two modern impressionist paintings by Jose Martinez depicting street scenes in Paris and New York City. These are contrasting pieces, the first with the relaxed quality of a song, and the other a busy and hectic scherzo that taxes the full capabilities of cello technique.

The scores are pieces of art too.

The last work, Highland Song, was in response to his compatriot Vardan Gabrielyan whose triptych on the birth of the sun is based on Armenian folk culture and the early cult of paganism. Drones are heard in this rustic work through modern sensibilities.

After the performance, guests were treated to moscato and fruit skewers and a little tour around the gallery to view further works by Tadas Zaicikas, Anne Dias and others. All the works on display are for sale.

Mermaid by Tanya.

Can't afford a Basquiat?
This will do nicely.

Less expensive than Warhol.

Tickets for this event which continues on 23 January and 4 February are available at:

https://www.eventbrite.sg/e/art-through-music-series-experience-masterpieces-with-classical-music-tickets-1123770240039