The Installation of Heldentenor
Photographs by John Nick Pull, 2001
Last Notes for Iris
Pastel on paper, 105 x 280 cm, 1999
Left: Last Notes for Iris;
right: Concerto Grosso
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Heldentenor
Chalk on paper, 150 x 117 cm, 1995.
Last Notes for Iris
Pastel on paper, 105 x 280 cm, 1999.
An important request: please do not touch Heldentenor!
However thrilling it may appear in the photo at left, the installation was conducted by trained professionals and should not be simulated in this or any other exhibition space. Additional photographs of Heldentenor will be posted at this site as they become available.
The drawing, executed in 1995 and first exhibited at London's Dulwich Picture Gallery, takes its inspiration from opera. The artist writes, in notes for the Fort Worth show:
The Heldentenor or heroic tenor is one of the rarest voices in opera and one of the most thrilling. Roles such as Siegfried in the Ring and Florestan in Fidelio show it off. This drawing reminds me of that combination of depth of character and clarion high notes that make this style of singing embody the heroic persona.Next to Heldentenor is an even larger drawing: Last Notes for Iris. As mentioned in the introduction, this drawing refers to the last years of Iris Murdoch, and derives from the idea of the disintegration of a sound world in the spiral of Alzheimers.
In the third photograph above, a hint of blue appears at the right of the photograph. Enticing, yes, but before having a peek let's look back TO YOUR LEFT. > >
Web-Only Exhibition Notes, Fort Worth 2001
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