by Jasmyne Keimig • Jan 7, 2021 at 3:25 pm
Can you see the brushstrokes in their movements? Youtube ScreenshotAs museums remain closed for the time being, many winter exhibitions across the city will go relatively unseen. One such show is
In a pivot, the SAM asked Seattle-based contemporary dancers Michele Dooley, Nia-Amina Minor, and Amanda Morgan to reinterpret Franz Kline s Cross Section which appears in
City of Tomorrow. Kline is heavily associated with the Abstract Expressionist movement, part of a class of action painters that include Lee Krasner, Jackson Pollock, and the like.
To me, what s so exciting about this two-minute-long film is that it really underscores the sense of movement in the original painting. Often, I feel a bit silly when describing motion in an inherently static piece, yet it s there. The way one black brushstroke runs up then sharply turns left. Or how that black line swooshes across the bottom of the p