Pleased to share that my painting Big Pink has joined the Werklund Centre’s art collection.
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Formerly known as Arts Commons, the Werklund Centre is undergoing a massive transformation that will make it Western Canada’s largest arts centre—a meeting place for music, visual art, dance, and theatre. The painting was inspired by the old pink building near Woodstock, NY, where Dylan and The Band recorded, and which inspired the revolutionary album Music from Big Pink.
In 2018, while motorcycling across the United States, I came upon Big Pink. Here’s an excerpt from my piece Through the States:
“West to Woodstock. I went to a flea market and happened to ask a man if he knew if Big Pink still existed. “Hey Marg”, he yelled over to another market stand. “Where’s Big Pink?” ....“Who?” she replied. “No, Big Pink, the house, you know, Bob Dylan, the Band, where they recorded the basement tapes!”
She yelled the address over. I wrote it down, bought three vintage postcards, thanked him and rode out to find it along the country road that I’d imagined. The path in my mind. The warm summer air and cool breeze below the trees, the Triumph motor in perfect timing. I turned onto an old dirt road and between trees, opening up like a dream, was Big Pink. It was July 2nd and unbeknownst to me, it was exactly 50 years to the day that the album ‘Music from Big Pink’ had been released.”
Music from Big Pink, 2018, oil on canvas, 72 x 96 inches
Thank you!
@alexsarian
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