Tanzmenschen

2024Sculpture series, acrylic on milled MDF panels

Tanzmenschen, five sculptural figures — Tanzmenschen, installation view. Photo: Wassili Widmer.

Five monumental figures translate Oskar Schlemmer’s drawings for the Triadic Ballet into sculptural form. Milled lines suggest movement within their otherwise static bodies, turning ideas of the human figure, architecture and mechanical motion into a dance.

Tanzmensen, further view 2 — Tanzmenschen, detail. Photo: Wassili Widmer.

Tanzmensen, further view 3 — Exhibition view. Photo: Wassili Widmer.

Further view of the work “Tanzmenschen” — Tanzmenschen, detail. Photo: Wassili Widmer.

Further view of the work “Tanzmenschen” — Tanzmenschen, detail. Photo: Wassili Widmer.

Further view of the work “Tanzmenschen” — Tanzmenschen, detail. Photo: Wassili Widmer.