Announcing the Divine Ricochet Music Series
Contemporary Art:
South and
Southeast Asia
Mix Perspectives. Amplify Voices. Propel Ideas. Guggenheim UBS MAP Global Art Initiative.
The three-part series of live music that accompanies John
Chamberlain: Choices, on view through May 13 at the
Guggenheim Museum, Divine Ricochet takes its thematic cue from the
poetic fusion, chaotic riffing, explosive color
and sublime
assemblage that characterized Chamberlain’s work. The series begins with Grouper and Julianna Barwick on Friday, April 13, and continues with Cold Cave on Friday, April 27, and Zola Jesus on Thursday, May 10. Like
Chamberlain's work, the music of these musicians exemplify the intense push and pull between
power and
delicacy, structure and abstraction.
The series
title
is borrowed from a 1991 work by the late American sculptor. A
lover
of music, Chamberlain pushed boundaries as he explored abstraction,
rhythm,
harmony, and dissonance, providing a vibrant context for
contemporary musical
experiments in the museum's rotunda.
Tickets for Grouper and Julianna Barwick go on sale at noon on Tuesday, March 20 for members and Wednesday, March 21, for nonmembers. Learn more and purchase tickets.







