Duncan & Walkowitz: Modernists of Movement and Line

MARIETTA, GA, – The Marietta/Cobb Museum of Art’s exhibition, Duncan and Walkowitz: Modernists of Movement and Line, will feature American Modern Artist Abraham Walkowitz and his famous figure drawings of Isadora Duncan.

The Exhibition’s Opening Reception will be on July 19, 2014 from 6pm to 8pm at the museum, located on 30 Atlanta St SE in Marietta Square.

The museum holds in its permanent collection twenty-two of Abraham Walkowtiz’s 5,000 Isadora Duncan Drawings. Isadora Duncan is recognized as the “mother of modern dance” and was a great inspiration to Abraham Walkowitz. Using graphite and paper, Walkowitz captured and observed Isadora’s dance movements with lines and shapes.

In conjunction, MCMA will present Lines in Motion, a collaborative effort with Georgia dancers and artists to illustrate the creative process of Duncan and Walkowitz and to assimilate the environment in which they worked. Lines in Motion will feature four aspiring dancers from the Atlanta Academy of Ballet and Dance in Kennesaw, Georgia. 

Dancers: Hannah Salyers, Mary Kate Billings, Britta Albertson, and Madelyn Handy

Artists: Kelsey Moran, Ashlyn Pope, Rachel Rhule, Mary Yang

Terri Cole, Board Member of the Marietta/Cobb Museum of Art, explains her inspiration for this exhibit:

"While recently conducting an inventory of the MCMA Permanent Collection, I discovered a stack of 20 beautiful pencil drawings and 2 pastels which all seemed to be of the same artist’s model.  As I researched the museums database I discovered the model was dancer Isadora Duncan and the artist, Abraham Walkowitz.  I was fascinated that our little museum had so many of these drawings, and thus began my search for more information about Walkowitz and Duncan. 
Their story is intriguing. They connected through art, music, dance and poetry.  Walkowitz captured on paper what Duncan conveyed through dance.  They were both modernists in their individual contributions to the world. Separately each was significant but together line and dance became one."  

Duncan and Walkowitz: Modernists of Movement and Line will remain on exhibit until September 14, 2014. General admission to see the museum’s exhibitions is $8. Free admission to Marietta/Cobb Museum of Art members. In addition to Duncan and Walkowitz: Modernists of Movement and Line, the museum will also exhibit Metro Montage XIV at the same time

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Marietta/Cobb Museum of Art

The Marietta/Cobb Museum of Art is the only Metropolitan-Atlanta fine arts museum focusing on American Art. Dedicated to building community through art, the museum’s permanent collection houses a variety of artworks dating from as early as the 18th century to the present. In addition, the museum hosts a variety of events, activities, and educational opportunities throughout the year. For more information visit http://www.mariettacobbartmuseum.org/