Two Part Inventions

Medium:

Dimensions:

30" X 21"

Date:

2007

Description:

In music the, counterpoint is the relationship between two or more voices that exist independently in contour and rhythm and are harmonically interdependant. Bach's counterpoint is particularly rich harmonically and directed tonally, while the individual lines still remain fascinating. While these relationships are described mathematically, it is the interpretations in visual works that really express how they interact.

Here in this series each is a rectangle being twisted twice left to right.

Featured Artistic and Musical Composition: BWV 778 E Minor

Here is Bach's teaching program in a nutshell: from technique to playing in parts, from inspiration to form, from phrasing and style to larger compositional matters, it is typical for Bach that the line from exercise and art, between technique and expression is indefinable.
Carlos Martins