ARTNEWS: Art That Stirs Creativity: L’Rain, Jonah Mixon-Webster, and More on Work That Inspires Them
ARTNEWS: Art That Stirs Creativity: L’Rain, Jonah Mixon-Webster, and More on Work That Inspires Them
BY ANDY BATTAGLIA
“I first heard about Zarina through a friend of mine who was studying art history. I started to look into her and saw all these similarities in her aesthetic that were really resounding to me. She talks about working on a small scale with repetition that builds, and how small scale has its own intensity because an image has no place to go. That resounds with my minimalist approach to music. I’m attracted to hopeful sadness and using small motifs that build and layer on top of each other. I had the opportunity to see Corners in person and its grayness calmed me down and took me places. It reminded me of when my parents moved to Pakistan and bought a house. Pakistani homes have all these little corners built in, and this reminded me of that immediately.
Arooj Aftab is a Pakistan-born, Brooklyn-based composer and the creator of the new album Vulture Prince.”