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03/06/2009 Miles Davis show: well worth a visit
The current Miles Davis show in Londons Covent Garden is well worth a visit. It showcases about 35 original, signed Davis pieces which give a new perspective on Miles the creative artist. The collection shows a distinctive talent emerging, and is enjoyable. But would this exhibition be noteworthy if it wasnt by Davis? Probably not. Would you listen to Picasso playing the trumpet? So its main audiences are, I suspect, collectors and hardcore Davis fans, rather than art lovers per se. I was agreeably surprised by the pricing of these pieces mostly in the £3-5,000 range which was below my expectations, though I claim absolutely no expertise in valuing art of any kind. Gerry Smith xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx EARLIER RELATED ARTICLE: Apart from holding down the job of Jazzs Main Man, Music for Grown-Ups favourite Miles Davis was also a painter and drawer, especially in his later days. An exciting exhibition of his work is showing in London next week. Ill be reporting on what I find there on Music for Grown-Ups: watch this space The Exhibition will be held from Monday 1st June through to Saturday 6th June inclusive from 11.00 - 5.30 p.m. daily at The Exchange Court Gallery, 1-5 Exchange Court, Maiden Lane, Covent Garden, London, WC2R OJU. All artwork is for sale and admission is free. For directions, please go to their website: and go into 'Location'.
Heres the press release: The last exhibition ever of drawings and oil paintings by the late Miles Davis, considered by many to be the world's greatest jazz musician, will be showcased at The Exchange Court Gallery in Covent Garden from Monday 1st June 2009. The Exhibition also includes some of the love notes Miles wrote to his girlfriend before his death. Acquired from the private collection of Jo Gelbard, his sculptress In 1980 Miles began to focus his talent in a new direction and started seeking expression and creativity not just through music, but also through visual art. He established himself as an immensely accomplished painter with bold and vibrant canvases full of colour and movement, reflecting the This work, since his death, has been largely under wraps with only a handful of one-off shows showcasing these fabulous works. Well-known celebrities such as Prince, Phil Collins and Diana Ross now own work from previous collections. The exhibition is in commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of Miles Davis' 'Kind Of Blue', acknowledged by music critics to be the greatest jazz album of all time.
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