Curating in the Continuous Present: A Rehearsal For Gertrude Stein's Objects Lie on a Table

Weighted dancers under spotlight (I realized the most sincere means of capturing their movement was to allow the clay to bend as it had wanted to, then and always), 2016

Derek Liddington, Weighted dancers under spotlight (I realized the most sincere means of capturing their movement was to allow the clay to bend as it had wanted to, then and always), 2016. Clay and marble. Courtesy of the artist.

For this work Liddington looks to dance and the role gravity plays in conditioning movement. The composition is based on a photograph of two dancers set in a pose that requires each other’s support. In Liddington’s representation, bodies are allowed to “fall,” fold, or collapse as the clay dries over the duration of the exhibition and material performs.


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