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A brief bio
Anne Kirkwood is a Brooklyn, New York artist whose work is inspired by her
love and knowledge of music acquired as a classically-trained and an active
quartet violist in New York City. She is also an avid student of early 20th
century Modernists, in particular, Vasily Kandinsky; like him, she has
attempted in her own art to to use color and space as an analog to music’s
use of sound and time.
Collector Susan Alexander, a world-wide Director of Sotheby’s Auction House
expresses this connection as follows: “The elegant line of Anne Kirkwood’s
art resonates among all who experience music from the heart. I was
immediately drawn to her images--they so expressively capture the pure joy of
making music.” Art critic Maureen Mullarkey of Review New York has praised
Kirkwood’s strong lines and evocative use of color, likening her images to
tapestries citing their uniquely rich and tactile qualities.
On her work:
"Anne Kirkwood's dynamic images are a testament to her passionate commitment
to both worlds of visual arts and music. Her intuitive talent in design and
her love and understanding of music become clearly evident in her art which
is a manifestation of the way she lives her life -- with an elan and
intensity that finds beauty and meaning in every experience that she encounters."
-Marilyn Kushner, Brooklyn Museum of Art (head of Dept. of Prints and Works on Paper).
Her private collectors include world-class concert artists,
jazz performers, cellists, pianists, composers, opera singers, three
international luthiers, and even a major American symphony orchestra.
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