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SUMMARY:SLO Museum of Art Presents | In The Moment
DESCRIPTION:The paintings on display in this exhibition all represent specific moments that at first glance may appear mundane but in actuality reflect profound realities of the artists’ lives. Rooted in the unique specificity of each artist’s story\, these works depict the value found in the simple moments of our lives\, an invitation to create and contemplate\, and a reminder to be present in moments that you might otherwise pass by. \n\n\n\n\nImage credit: Jamie Dietze\, Sleep Now\, Little One(s)\, 2013\, oil on canvas (detail). Courtesy of the Galt Family Private Collection with support from the Dietze Family Trust.
URL:https://slochamber.org/event/slo-museum-of-art-presents-in-the-moment/
LOCATION:SLO Museum of Art\, 1010 Broad Street \, SLO
CATEGORIES:Community Events
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SUMMARY:SLO Museum of Art Presents | Faig Ahmed: Collision
DESCRIPTION:The San Luis Obispo Museum of Art is pleased to present a solo exhibition of prolific contemporary artist Faig Ahmed. \nFrom his studio in Baku\, Azerbaijan\, Ahmed creates textile works that transcend and transform the history of carpet making in the region. Ahmed is interested in how the contemporary and the traditional collide to create something new that defies genres\, borders\, and even history. Ahmed and his weaving collaborators infuse new breath into the carpet-making practice\, turning his textiles into a rich meeting ground between the new and the old\, the common and the holy\, the rich and the ordinary. \nWorking in collaboration with Nina Levent\, Director of Sapar Contemporary\, the Museum is organizing an exhibition of works that spans Ahmed’s career — while focusing on works primarily made within the past five years — 2016 to 2021. Presenting this work for the first time on the Central Coast of California offers the arts community a unique opportunity to engage meaningfully with a practice and a body of work that has never been exhibited in this region. Complementary programming with local school districts\, guided docent tours\, and a lecture program will accompany the exhibition. The works in this exhibition are loaned from major collections from all over the world. \nAbout the Artist\nFaig Ahmed is a multimedia artist working with textiles\, painting\, video\, and installation. Ahmed is best known for his conceptual works that deconstruct and rearrange fragments of traditional Azerbaijani rugs to create contemporary sculptural forms. His work reimagines ancient crafts and creates new visual languages by disassembling traditional works and stereotypes. Born in Sumqayit\, Azerbaijan\, in 1982 Faig Ahmed went on to graduate from the Sculpture Faculty at the Azerbaijan State Academy of Fine Art in Baku in 2004. He represented Azerbaijan in nation’s inaugural pavilion at the Venice Biennale in 2007 and participated in the 2013\, “Love Me\, Love Me Not” event. In 2013\, he was nominated for the third edition of the Jameel Prize organized by London’s Victoria and Albert Museum. He now lives and works in Baku\, Azerbaijan.
URL:https://slochamber.org/event/slo-museum-of-art-presents-faig-ahmed-collision/
LOCATION:SLO Museum of Art\, 1010 Broad Street \, SLO
CATEGORIES:Community Events
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SUMMARY:Chet Faker at the Fremont
DESCRIPTION:Chet Faker\nMon\, March 7\, 2022\nDOORS 7:00 PM / SHOW 8:00 PM\, 18+  TICKETS \n\n\n\n♦ BAND INFORMATION♦\nAt the top of 2020\, after a year of traversing the globe in support of 2019’s Run Fast Sleep Naked\, Nick Murphy began creating music that simply felt good. Though the singer had retired his billion-streaming Chet Faker project four years prior\, the new songs he was working on in his New York City studio had an energy reminiscent of his earlier work. Reviving the project “wasn’t on my radar” at the time\, Murphy admits\, but the next thing he knew\, he had a full album. The result is Hotel Surrender\, a radiant 10-track LP full of swaggering bass lines and electrifying melodies that reintroduces Chet Faker to the world – and to Murphy himself. Like his debut LP\, 2014’s Built on Glass\, Murphy wrote and produced Hotel Surrender solely on his own\, finishing most of the songs before COVID-19 hit in March 2020. Just after the pandemic caused a worldwide shutdown\, Murphy lost his father\, and suddenly the new feel-good music took on an even deeper meaning. “There were a lot of heavy perspective shifters for me\,” he recalls. “I really just thought of the music in a different light. I look at it as a mass therapy now. I think I used to see it as this plight\, like I was on a crusade or this creative odyssey. Now I see that it’s more Shamanistic. You’ve got to find some light—or sometimes dark\, whatever’s right—and share it. I realized that was the heart of the Chet Faker project. And I felt like the world was hurting\, so I thought\, ‘I can do a small something to give people some joy.'” What Murphy also recognized was that he was granting himself joy\, too. He admits that before Hotel Surrender\, he had never approached his process with such ease. This time\, as the album title suggests\, he surrendered to the music. “There was this\, like\, unconsciousness—not thinking\, but just feeling\, letting it come out and letting it steer itself\,” Murphy says. “The great lesson for me was that I could write from a place of joy. I was also just being kind to myself. None of this music was hurting\, it just felt good. It made me feel better\, and it helped me be better.” Ironically\, Murphy’s ability to surrender came from leaving the Chet Faker name behind in 2016. Without giving himself the space to release music under his birth name and explore a deeper side of his musicality (that\, as he puts it\, “went into the depths of the darkness”)\, Murphy declares Hotel Surrender “never could have happened.” Even more ironically\, he says that his namesake material “kind of represented this anti-me.” “Chet Faker I’d only known as long as all these other people had known\, and they all had these ideas about what it was\,” Murphy asserts. “I just needed to kind of let loose. And I’m glad I did\, because it allowed me to contextualize the Chet Faker project. It allowed me to expand and learn so many new things without having to deal with resistance based on what I built already with Chet.” Most importantly\, “It got me really excited to make music again.” It’s easy to hear Murphy’s newfound bliss on Hotel Surrender. The anthemic lead single\, “Low\,” features thumping beats and soaring vocals so infectious that even Murphy himself can’t help dancing. (“My butt starts to wiggle the second it comes on\,” he quips.) A spirited vibe carries throughout the record\, whether it’s in the funky piano grooves of “Get High\,” the stimulating melodies of “Feel Good\,” or the awe-inspiring instrumentation of “So Long So Lonely.” With both Nick Murphy and Chet Faker living in tandem\, Murphy suggests that he’s feeling a bit of a “ping-pong effect” for his next release. “Now that I’ve done a Chet thing\, I feel like I want to do another NM thing\,” he says. “But there’s a liquidity to it\, and that has really allowed me to feel free with what I’m doing. I’m proud of this reputation I’ve got of being kind of inconsistent\, in a way.” While he’s uncertain of what the future holds\, for now\, Murphy is excited to bring Chet Faker back. Above all\, he’s happy to be\, well\, happy. “I think I’ve always been a feel-good kind of person\, but I was self-conscious of it because I was aware that I could be judged for that\,” he admits. “Cheesy or whatever be damned\, I just don’t care anymore. If someone thinks it’s lame\, I feel bad for them. Because I know how good it can feel if you just let go.” He adds\, “To write truly happy music\, you’ve got to really get to know your own sadness. And that’s the work that got me here. I’ve had enough of the misery.” \n\n\nVENUE COVID PROTOCOL:\nAll events at the Fremont Theater require:\n– proof of full vaccination or a negative lab test within 72 hours of the event prior to entrance into the venue.\n– Masks must be worn in line and while entering the venue\n– In accordance with San Luis Obispo Health Officer Order #6 All patrons regardless of vaccination status are required to wear face coverings at all times while indoors.\n** These guidelines are subject to change.
URL:https://slochamber.org/event/chet-faker-at-the-fremont/
LOCATION:Fremont Theater\, 1035 Monterey St\, SLO
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