BARBARA MORGAN – DANCING ATOMS
2020-05-11Barbara Morgan, a founding member of the Aperture Foundation, earned a reputation as a Modernist. Much of her work involves dance, photomontage, and a desire to capture motion. She often would design her images so that the figure was shown against neutral or blank backgrounds that heightened the energy of the motion. As proven in Morgan’s photographs, the exploration of movement is a theme that countless photographers have been drawn to in the past. Capturing the beauty and effort of kinetic energy on film takes not only a keen photographic eye, but, more importantly, an understanding of the science that creates such action. Morgan was one such photographer. Her legacy of observing life in relation to “dancing atoms” is forever preserved on film and on paper, providing a glimpse into her world of photography, painting, light, and modern dance.
Opposite – Lamentation (Oblique), 1935
Exhibition runs through to May 18th, 2020
Asheville Art Museum
2 South Pack Square
Asheville
NC 28801
