John Jasperse Stages 7-Dancer 'Wandering' for Julie Mehretu Exhibition
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Updated · The New York Times · May 19
John Jasperse Stages 7-Dancer 'Wandering' for Julie Mehretu Exhibition
2 articles · Updated · The New York Times · May 19
Seven dancers will perform John Jasperse’s “Wandering” from Wednesday to Saturday inside Julie Mehretu’s Marian Goodman Gallery exhibition in TriBeCa.
The choreography responds directly to Mehretu’s translucent “TRANSpaintings,” with dancers moving along walls and archways and weaving around the works and viewers.
Those paintings can be seen from both sides, so human forms may appear as either audience shadows or dancers, blurring the boundary between artwork and performance.
Mehretu, known for large abstract paintings often read as reflecting global turmoil, was drawn to collaboration after seeing how the “TRANSpaintings” were arranged in an earlier show.
How does live dance reveal the hidden political ghosts layered within Julie Mehretu's translucent canvases?
When the audience wanders with the performers, who truly activates the art in this multi-level gallery experience?