Copy Print: "Staff Dance" Performed by Manda von Kreibig by T. Lux Feininger

Copy Print: "Staff Dance" Performed by Manda von Kreibig

Possibly 1928 - 1949

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Dimensions
image: 11.1 x 15.5 cm (4 3/8 x 6 1/8 in.)
Location
Harvard Art Museums
Copyright
CC0 1.0

About this artwork

Editor: This is a copy print of "Staff Dance" performed by Manda von Kreibig. T. Lux Feininger created it, but the date is unknown. The stark contrast really catches my eye. How might we interpret the dancer's relationship to these lines and shapes? Curator: I see this work through the lens of Bauhaus experimentation. Feininger, steeped in its principles, uses Manda von Kreibig's performance to explore the intersection of body, space, and industrial materials. The rods, seemingly restrictive, could symbolize the constraints placed upon women artists of the time, don't you think? Editor: That's a powerful reading! I hadn’t considered the gendered aspect of these constraints. Curator: And what does the act of 'dance' imply in the face of these constraints? Is it resistance, adaptation, or something else entirely? Editor: It's a fascinating perspective. I'll definitely be thinking about this piece differently now.

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