Tag: Oskar Schlemmer

Karla Grosch · Metal dance

T. Lux Feininger (1910 – 2011) ~ [Metalltanz], Bauhaus Dessau, about 1928-1929 | src getty.edu

Karla Grosch’s performance of Metalltanz, or “Dance in Metal,” exploited the reflective properties of polished metal. The avant-garde performances produced by Oskar Schlemmer’s Stage Workshop at the Bauhaus School are seen today as significant forerunners of modern performance art and multimedia theater.

The photographer T. Lux Feininger studied at the Bauhaus with Schlemmer, under whose direction theater and dance became popular and important aspects of the German school’s program. [text from getty.edu]

T. Lux Feininger (1910 – 2011) ~ [Metalltanz]. Dance in Metal, by Oskar Schlemmer, performed by Karla Grosch, Dessau, ca. 1928-1929 | src Getty museum
T. Lux Feininger ~ Untitled (Bauhaus Stage; Dance in Metal by Oskar Schlemmer, performed by Karla Grosch), ca. 1928 | src Kicken Galerie Berlin at Art Basel 2019

Weiblicher Akte, 1931

Oskar Schlemmer :: Stehender Akt in Blau, 1931 (Feder in Blau; Pinsel in Blau; Aquarell on Schreibpapier) | src Staatsgalerie Stuttgart
Oskar Schlemmer :: Stehender Akt in Blau, 1931 (Feder in Blau; Pinsel in Blau; Aquarell on Schreibpapier) | src Staatsgalerie Stuttgart
Oskar Schlemmer :: Emporgereckter weiblicher Akt, 1931 (Feder in Braun; Feder in Blau; Pinsel in Braun; Pinsel in Blau; Lavierung (bräunlich) on Schreibpapier). | src Staatsgalerie Stuttgart

Oskar Schlemmer holding a mask, 1930

‘My themes – the human figure in space, its moving and stationary functions, sitting, lying, walking, standing – are as simple as they are universally valid,’ he once said of his work. ‘They are inexhaustible’

With the rise of the Nazis in the early 30′s, Schlemmer was edged out of a teaching post in Berlin. His work was included in the infamous exhibition of ‘degenerate art’ in 1937. He then worked in secret in a factory in Wuppertal until his death in 1943

Triadisches Ballett (Triadic Ballet) is a ballet developed by Oskar Schlemmer. It premiered in Stuttgart, on 30 September 1922, with music composed by Paul Hindemith, after formative performances dating back to 1916, with the performers Elsa Hotzel and Albert Berger. The ballet became the most widely performed avant-garde artistic dance and while Schlemmer was at the Bauhaus from 1921 to 1929, the ballet toured, helping to spread the ethos of the Bauhaus. / src: light color sound