{"id":8865,"date":"2013-11-22T12:16:59","date_gmt":"2013-11-22T11:16:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/centmagazine.co.uk\/?p=8865"},"modified":"2013-11-24T23:53:24","modified_gmt":"2013-11-24T22:53:24","slug":"juxtaposed-anna-murphy-art-music-go-hand-in-hand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/?p=8865","title":{"rendered":"Juxtaposed: Anna Murphy – Art & Music go Hand in Hand"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nAnna Murphy<\/em><\/p>\n

We believe that art and music are collateral – Swiss artist and musician Anna Murphy<\/a> shares this notion and presents not only her first debut album “Cellar Darling” but also a collection of her very own paintings – each dedicated to one of her songs.<\/p>\n

Anna doesn’t focus her work on just one genre – with up-to-date Pop tunes, the right amount of Rock and bits and pieces of Electronic, she was able to write an exceptional variety of songs that offer this slight hint of sarcasm. One more reason to take a better look at her self-written lyrics! <\/p>\n

Her new album “Cellar Darling”, which is available now, tells an intimate story that Anna usually doesn’t want to share directly with her audience – she’d rather have them listen carefully and visualize it themselves. Her artwork is merely a hint and gives listeners a starting point to unfold this tale. <\/p>\n

Since not a lot of artists practice both music and art at the same time, we decided to use the opportunity and ask Anna Murphy herself how she created some of her pieces – inspiration, aspiration and relation to her music – Anna gives us a better explanation on two of her pieces in regard to these points.<\/p>\n

Introspection: <\/strong>
\nThe first painting I have ever painted (not counting the ones I did as a child). It happened during my stay in a clinic where I received different kinds of therapy to treat my anxiety disorder amongst other things. Painting was suggested as a good way to treat the mind which I immediately put off as bullshit, but then proved to have some effect on me since I continued and developed an interest in playing around with colours. \u201cIntrospection\u201d was originally supposed to be a portrait of the man I love, but ended up looking more like me for some reason, so I guess it\u2019s a failed attempt of a portrait that ended up to be a self-portrait! <\/em><\/p>\n

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