The Mahler project

The Mahler Project - Collection Introduction

I think I have experienced your symphony. I felt the struggle for illusions; I felt the pain of one disillusioned; I saw the forces of evil and good contending; I saw a man in a torment of emotion exerting himself to gain inner harmony. I sensed a human being, a drama, truth, the most ruthless truth.
– Arnold Schoenberg
The Mahler Project channels Paula Arciniega’s response to Gustav Mahler’s music into bold fields of colour, texture, and feeling. Working by vision rather than plan, she paints at the edge of the known where the unconscious speaks in its own language. These works do not illustrate Mahler, they embody his atmosphere: terror and tenderness, irony and innocence, private voice and public blaze held in the same breath.

Created in 2008.

Deeper insight
LA Phil — Mahler overview 
Mahler Foundation — Listening guide 
Philharmonia — Mahler resources 
Arciniega Prints
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