colour music ... in textiles?

today I went to the Art Gallery of NSW and saw "The Sydney Moderns" exhibition. I loved the "colour music" works of Roy de Maistre - I think these would translate well to textiles. like weaving sounds and colour. he did a lot of work based on synaesthesia. I was at the gallery with my sister and 10 month old niece, who was very excited - singing and dancing in the gallery - so we walked quickly through the exhibition so as not to disturb others viewing the works. I hope to go back and see it again and spend some more time looking at the paintings. De Maistre also did some paintings based on the colour wheel.

from Roy de Maistre's wikipedia page:
"He developed an interest in "colour-music", the relationship of colour harmony to musical harmony. With his ordered, analytical mind, he applied the theory of music to painting. He worked with Adrian Verbrugghen, and then Roland Wakelin to devise a "colour-music" theory. In 1919 he held a joint exhibition with Roland Wakelin titled Colour in Art to expound his theories. In this, at the time controversial. art exhibition the musician-turned-painter had chosen colours to harmonise like the notes in music. This "colour-music" exhibition became part of Australia's art-folklore as "pictures you could whistle". Influenced by earlier exponents of "colour-music" theory in Europe and America, this exhibition has since been identified as the earliest experiment in pure abstractionism in Australia. His colour charts, showing musical notes corresponding to different hues, are now owned by the Art Gallery of New South Wales, with "colour music" gaining a permanent place in Australian art history."

reading ahead, I think some of his works might be useful for inspiration for some of the forthcoming assignments. I could try make a painting inspired by his colour wheel & paintings also, as well as some textiles based on the paintings and studies.

also reading about Anne Dangar and Grace Crowley and their geometric works

http://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/education/education-materials/education...
http://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/collection/works/OA17.1960/
http://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/collection/works/WA2.1969.a-b/
http://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/exhibitions/sydney-moderns/

http://home.vicnet.net.au/~colmusic/welcome.htm
http://home.vicnet.net.au/~colmusic/maistre.htm
http://home.vicnet.net.au/~colmusic/maistre3.htm
http://home.vicnet.net.au/~colmusic/maistre4.htm
http://creativegames.org.uk/modules/Art_Technology/Synaesthesia/color_mu...
http://www.academia.edu/688466/Colour_Shape_and_Music_The_Presence_of_Th...

http://trove.nla.gov.au/result?q=roy+de+maistre
http://trove.nla.gov.au/result?q=%22roy+de+mestre%22
http://trove.nla.gov.au/result?q=%22grace+crowley%22
http://trove.nla.gov.au/result?q=%22anne+dangar%22

pictures:
roy de maistre
anne dangar
grace crowley
roland wakelin