GRAY AT MFA BOSTON

In 1979, artists JeanMichel Basquiat and Michael Holman founded the industrial noise band Gray in downtown New York. Basquiat named the band after the medical textbook Grays Anatomy an important reference for his visual artwork and an apt descriptor for the bands spectral, beat and bodydriven performances. Today, Holman and original member Nick Taylor make up the band and carry its legacy forward. Supported by the Keith Haring Foundation, the MFA presents Grays firstever virtual performance, featuring collaborators Deantoni Parks and Roger Guenveur Smith. Footage recorded in New York, Los Angeles, and Atlanta is broadcast live, creating a multidisciplinary experience of sound, film, poetry, beat and body language. Anything can be an instrument, just as it was for Basquiat, Holman and Taylor at the bands inception, and all sounds emanating from their instruments become art. The concert is presented in conjunction with the exhibition Writing the Future: Basquiat and the HipHop Generati