Lonnie Holley and Gang Gang Dance’s Lizzi Bougatsos team up for MFA St. Pete exhibit

Lonnie Holley has never played the same song twice. Lizzi Bougatsos revolutionized rock music in the rule-demolishing New York band Gang Gang Dance.

Both artists have collaborated in the course of their decade-long friendship, but a new exhibition is a new chapter and showcases their work on a series of new sculptures which amplify the power of found objects.

“Every time I come to Florida I feel like I’m a doctor checking up on a patient: rising tides, changing temperatures, increasing population. When I visited last year with Lizzi, we spent a lot of time talking about water and the coastal areas, and realized it was something we both think about deeply,” Holley wrote in a press release.

A members-only preview happens on Friday, but Holley and guest curator Viva Vadim conduct two gallery walkthroughs on Saturday. St. Petersburg’s In Between Days listening bar also hosts a session featuring music from Bougatsos and Holley this weekend, while Bougatsos and Vadim have plans to return to the MFA in September.

The ‘Never the Same Song’ gallery walkthrough with Lonnie Holley and Viva Vadim on Saturday, May 18 is included with museum admission.
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