John Fahey: Paintings

The much-revered avant-garde guitarist John Fahey (1939 2001) incorporated
influences ranging from folk, blues and bluegrass to classical music, musique
concrete and noise in his primarily acoustic-based compositions. Considered a
legend, Fahey released upwards of three-dozen LPs in his lifetime. Relatively
late in life, Fahey extended his so-called American Primitive approach beyond
music into making artworks, specifically a substantial body of paintings that
reference the great abstract expressionists of his time. Working out of hotel
rooms and using raw materials such as found poster board and discarded spiral
notebook paper, his intuitive approach created a vibrant and strong body of
work. For the first time 60 artworks created from 1990 to 2000 are featured
along with a concurrent exhibition at the AVA Gallery (Fall 2014). Accompanying
the work is an essay by Bomb magazine writer Keith Connolly.