Art: The Norton Museum of Art has opened an exhibit of contemporary art featuring works by artists whose perception of the world around is refracted in unusual but precise ways. Altered States, which opened Saturday and runs through July 17, shows work by four artists – Jose Alvarez, Yayoi Kusama, Fred Tomaselli and Leo Villareal – who express this through painting, collages … [Read more...]
Boca’s Young Circles moving fast in new direction
Jordan Asher, of experimental electronic Boca Raton trio Young Circles (www.youngcircles.com), refers to the group as "three really impulsive guys." Considering that they were playing garage-band rock under the name Blond Fuzz only a month before -- and as Stonefox a few months before that -- it qualifies as an understatement. Vocalist/guitarist/keyboardist Asher (age 23), … [Read more...]
Weekend arts picks: June 5-8
Music: Earlier this year, the Chopin Foundation of Miami held its quinquennial competition, which was won by the American pianist Claire Huangci. But that February event wasn’t the last in the foundation’s series of concerts, and this weekend, the young Canadian pianist Leonard Gilbert offers an all-Chopin program in performances in Fort Lauderdale and Coral Gables. Gilbert, … [Read more...]
Soloists shine for Judd’s return in ‘Messiah’
Annual performances of George Frideric Handel's oratorio Messiah at this time of year are always of the so-called Christmas portion, that close-to-half of this Easter piece that touches on the birth of Jesus. In his return to area podiums for the first time since 2001, former Florida Philharmonic director James Judd leads performances of the entire oratorio, as he did in his … [Read more...]