Jason Moran
Sept 20, 2019–Jan 5, 2020
Works on Paper
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Explore a selection of Jason Moran's works on paper and scores from the exhibition.
Run 6, 2016
Jason Moran, Run 6, 2016. Charcoal on paper, 10 × 36 1/2 in. (25.4 × 92.7 cm). Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; Butler Family Fund, 2017. © Jason Moran. Courtesy the artist and Luhring Augustine, New York. Photograph by Farzad Owrang
In his ongoing Run series, Jason Moran gives material presence to sound. To make these works, he tapes elongated pieces of paper, at times vintage player piano rolls from his collection, to the keys of a piano or keyboard. Capping his fingers with charcoal and dry pigment, he improvises music and the paper catches the movements of his playing. What results are imprints of piano keys, ripped surfaces, and accretions of black, blue, and sienna.