Miles in Motion

🎨 Artwork Information Sheet

Title of the Work: Miles in Motion
Artist: Fair Fab (signature visible in the bottom right)
Medium: Digital painting, expressive layering, mixed media collage
Date: Contemporary

Description of the Artwork

This explosive and richly textured composition pays tribute to Miles Davis, one of the most revolutionary figures in jazz history. The piece is a visual improvisation, echoing the sonic experimentation that defined Davis’s career. Dominated by fiery reds, deep blues, and vibrant yellows, the scene captures the kinetic energy of live performance—musicians mid-play, bodies fused with instruments, notes almost visually leaping off the canvas.

Multiple fragmented images of Davis appear throughout, trumpet always in hand, often with his iconic sunglasses—a nod to his cool, enigmatic persona. Faces and hands melt into swirls of color, creating the sensation of sound in motion. The composition mirrors the layered, spontaneous nature of jazz itself.

Artistic Influences

• Wassily Kandinsky: in the synesthetic relationship between color and sound

• Jackson Pollock: through the chaotic yet deliberate layering of paint and texture

• Jazz album cover art: especially from the 1950s–70s Blue Note era

• Miles Davis’s own evolution: bebop, cool jazz, fusion—each era reflected in the fluidity of the composition

Curator’s Note

"Fair Fab’s ‘Miles in Motion’ doesn’t just portray jazz—it plays it. Through frenetic color work and dynamic brushstrokes, this piece creates a visual rhythm that seems to swing, pulse, and riff like Davis himself. It’s less a portrait than a performance, inviting the viewer to feel the heat and freedom of improvisation. Just like Miles, this work challenges form and dares the eye to follow the sound."