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the Matisse Jazz Project at Indiana University Museum Of Art

Courtesy of Christopher Bakriges | Posted on May 8, 2014

Where

Indiana University Museum Of Art
1133 E 7th Street
Bloomington, IN
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When

Sun, May 25, 2014
8:00 pm

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About

The IU Art Museum’s complete suite of color plates from Henri Matisse’s Jazz is featured as a special addition to the exhibition Matisse, Life in Color: Masterworks from the Baltimore Museum of Art on view at the Indianapolis Museum of Art through January 12, 2014. When the prints return to Bloomington, they will be the centerpieces of their own special exhibition.

On Sunday, May 25, the final day of the exhibition I, along with bassist Jeremy Allen from IU’s Jacob School of Music, will perform the Matisse Project: Teaching the Eye to Hear, music inspired by the scissor cuts the great colorist collectively called Jazz. Jeremy's credits are long and include working with Bob Brookmeyer and Kenny Wheeler. The performance will also include historical interpreter John Moore reading excerpts from the artist's own words....

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