BY STEPHANIE BUHMANN (stephaniebuhmann.com) | Though Michael Snow’s oeuvre is multidisciplinary — including painting, sculpture, video, film, sound, photography, holography, drawing, writing and music — his contemplation remains the same. He is focused on exploring the nature of perception, consciousness, language and temporality.
Snow has received honorary degrees from the University of Toronto (1999), the University of Victoria (1997) and the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design (1990), among others, as well as many prestigious awards, such as the Guggenheim Fellowship (1972) and the Chevalier de l’ordre des arts et des lettres, France (1995, 2011).
While considered a leading experimental filmmaker, having inspired the Structural Film movement with his groundbreaking 1967 film “Wavelength,” for example, Snow has also been active as a professional musician since the 1950s. He has played piano and other instruments with various ensembles, but most often in free improvisation with the Canadian Creative Music Collective, Toronto.
Along these lines, one can expect an exhibition that is multi-faceted and hard to pigeonhole, reflecting the artist’s various interests and substantial expertise.
MICHAEL SNOW: A GROUP SHOW
Through April 4
At Jack Shainman
524 W. 24th St. (btw. 10th & 11th Aves.)
Hours: Tues.–Sat. | 10 a.m.–6 p.m.
Call 212-337-3372
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