Mark Swed: Putting art to music, with wondrous results
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Great review of Mark Trayle’s performance at SMMoA on Saturday!
“In fact, textures seemed to be what Trayle’s performance was all about. Just as Pereira became fascinating finding a musical play of light as a complement to Zurbarán’s puckered lemon, Trayle’s granular electronic surfaces drew the eye to Swain’s granular surfaces. Indeed, his yellows were as crinkly as a lemon’s skin.
Before Trayle began, I saw Swain’s paintings as great swaths of earth and sky as seen from afar.…