Closer (Kyiv) Jazz Concert Program 2018

This poster for a Kyiv jazz concert by Kinder Album, made with watercolor and ink, feels like a dreamy improvisation, a visual riff. I imagine the artist, maybe with some jazz on in the background, letting the brush dance across the paper. See how the colors bleed and blend, creating these soft, amorphous shapes around the figures? There's a sense of freedom here. The figure playing the French horn is so intent, so connected to the instrument that is blowing a musical cloud through the air to the pink haired figure above. It reminds me of other artists who capture fleeting moments and emotional states through color and form. I think of Helen Frankenthaler's soak-stain technique or the loose figuration of Nicole Eisenman. It's like the artist is saying, "Let's embrace the unexpected, the imperfect, the in-between." Each mark is a note, a gesture, a feeling expressed. And it's an invitation for us to listen, to look, and to feel along with them.