Visual Music surveys the rich and resonant relationship between abstraction, color, and sound over the past century. Follow its fascinating evolution from abstract painting through experimental film, and contemporary installation art in this major exhibition that brings together an international range of works by Wassily Kandinsky, Paul Klee, Oskar Fischinger, Jennifer Steinkamp, and others.
Visual Music is organized by the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., and The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles. The exhibition is supported by an indemnity from the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities. Generous funding is provided by Altria Group, Inc. Additional support provided by the Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Studies Program; the NASA Art Program; and the David W. Bermant Foundation: Color, Light, Motion, Inc.
The presentation at MOCA is made possible through the generous support of The Sydney Irmas Exhibition Endowment; the Annenberg Foundation; Lillian and Jon Lovelace; Audrey M. Irmas; Geraldine and Harold Alden; The Bilger Foundation; E. Blake Byrne; Cynthia A. Miscikowski and Douglas R. Ring; the National Endowment for the Arts; Kathi and Gary Cypres; The MOCA Projects Council; Vivian and Hans Buehler; Mandy and Clifford J. Einstein; Betye Monell Burton; Pamela J. and George A. Smith; and the W.L.S. Spencer Foundation. Major promotional support is provided by KJAZZ 88.1FM.
At MOCA, education programming for the exhibition is supported in part by The Winnick Family Foundation and The Capital Group Companies.
The presentation at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden is made possible by the Hirshhorn's Board of Trustees with additional support from Barbara and Aaron Levine.
