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PROG-ROCK AND PAINTINGS

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Topic: PROG-ROCK AND PAINTINGS

Posted By: andrea
Subject: PROG-ROCK AND PAINTINGS
Date Posted: December 18 2005 at 06:09

In 2000, in Rome, while strolling down in via del Corso, my attention was caught by a curious exhibition in an art gallery: it was an exhibition of paintings inspired by the music of an Italian progressive-rock band, Le Orme. Since I’m fond in progressive-rock, I went in to observe the paintings… and I could talk with the painter himself, Tonino Leandro Mirandi, discovering that he was a devoted fan of the band and that the progressive music was a wide source of his inspiration. Surfing in internet, you can see this paintings on the site of this bizarre artist ( http://www.toninomirandi.it/ - http://www.toninomirandi.it/index.htm )… You can find there some series of paintings inspired by the concept albums of Le Orme and interesting photos of concerts of the group. The site is in Italian, but from the index page (Sommario) I suggest to look at the pictures at #29.

What do you think about ? Do you know, by any chance, other artists of that kind, or paintings inspired by progressive-rock music ?

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Posted By: kenmeyerjr
Date Posted: December 18 2005 at 16:32

I have done a few myself, but a friend of mind has done a ton based on Gabriel, Yes, Kate Bush, Genesis, etc...look up Herb Leonhard and you should find his site pretty easily.

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If you like art of musicians, check my site (the music section) and tell me what you think! http://www.kenmeyerjr.com

Posted By: Rust
Date Posted: December 18 2005 at 16:51

I liked the Yes paintings, very creative and deffinetly fit the music, my favorite was Soon.

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We got to pump the stuff to make us tough
from the heart
Its astart
What we need is awareness we cant get careless
Mental self defensive fitness
Make everybody see in order to fight the powers that be

Posted By: The Ryan
Date Posted: December 18 2005 at 16:57

One of the CD covers of the Polish group Collage featured a painting by a Polish painter. El Cielo by Dredg revolves around one of Salvador Dali's paintings, I forgot the name. That's all I know.

Posted By: kenmeyerjr
Date Posted: December 18 2005 at 23:39

Just to make it easy, here is Herb's site...

http://www.herbleonhard.com/Indexpg/index.html - http://www.herbleonhard.com/Indexpg/index.html

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If you like art of musicians, check my site (the music section) and tell me what you think! http://www.kenmeyerjr.com

Posted By: shyman
Date Posted: December 19 2005 at 10:18

Steve Kilbey, leader of The Church is a painter himself, and from what I've heard, he gets more profit from his paintings than from the band .

Most of his work can be found here

http://www.karmichit.com/ - http://www.karmichit.com/

Posted By: Gianthogweed
Date Posted: December 19 2005 at 14:38

My aunt told me that watching The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway as performed by the Musical Box was like sitting in a Dali painting. I agree.

Posted By: andrea
Date Posted: December 19 2005 at 14:55

Thanks for the tips... I've found the paintings inspired by Yes and some of those inspired by Peter Hammill quite intersting

Le Orme + Genesis 1973