The West Hollywood gallery hosted a preview performance of ‘Manifestos 7’ (2025), composed by noted American artist Charles Gaines, on the occasion of his West Hollywood exhibition, ‘Charles Gaines. Numbers and Trees, The Tanzania Baobabs.’
The preview performance builds upon Charles Gaines' Manifestos series, in which he disarms and draws upon historical texts, uniting the rational, mathematical, and lyrical structures of music with the irrationality of violence, racial tensions and social injustice. In ‘Manifestos 7,’ the artist examines the rulings from two landmark US Supreme Court cases: Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) and Brown v. Board of Education (1954). The first case set the ‘separate but equal’ precedent and the second overturned it, bookending a period of legalized segregation in the United States.
Previous performances from the Manifestos series have taken place at the Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix AZ; Hammer Museum, Los Angeles CA; Museum of Modern Art, New York NY; REDCAT, Los Angeles CA; and The Village Vanguard, New York NY.
Program
‘Manifestos 7’ (2025)
Composer and Arranger: Charles Gaines
Music Editor: John Eagle
Music Direction: John Eagle
Producer: Mads Falcone
Violin: Nicole Garcia
Violin: Shigeru Logan
Viola: Miguel Atwood-Ferguson
Cello: Adrienne Woods
Tenor: Ashley Faatoalia
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