A (Very) Brief History of Music

A (Very) Brief History of Music takes as a given that any attempt to tell the history of a discipline in one exhibition is impossible.  So, we've decided to present a mix of works that reference traditional ballads, jazz, rock and roll, and punk in the Museum's smallest gallery space. 

 

The installation is anchored by Catherine Irwin's trompe l'oeil sculpture of a telephone pole with band posters stapled to it, along with photographs of musicians including Louis Armstrong, Debbie Harry, Billie Holiday, KISS, Fela Kuti, Liberace, John Jacob Niles, Frank Sinatra, and Patti Smith. 

 

IMAGE:  

Andy Warhol, Debbie Harry, 1980, Polacolor Type 108. Collection of the UK Art Museum, gift of The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts.