Bodies in Motion

May 3, 2010 11:20 AM

Body Language, Jump and hyper at the Laurence Miller Gallery NYC.
posted by puny human (3 comments total)

When I was a kid, I won the book Jump as part of some sort of giveaway. I liked it and held onto it. to this day, never thinking anything of it. . .

I had no idea that it (this work) was going to come back around the way it has. Nixon had a funny jump. . .
posted by Danf at 11:57 AM on May 3, 2010

Thanks for this. The Jump series is fantastic. I've had Atomicus taped to my wall for about two years now. Always manages to turn heads, especially after I reveal that it isn't shooped in any way.

Nixon had a funny jump. . .

That's sort of the point :D. Halsman himself said: "When you ask a person to jump, his attention is mostly directed toward the act of jumping and the mask falls so that the real person appears."
posted by Throw away your common sense and get an afro! at 5:31 PM on May 3, 2010 [1 favorite]

Danf, you're right, Nixon looks like Jesus descending from the heavens. That picture seems to fit in with Denis Darzacq's "hyper" images more than other pieces from Jump.
posted by filthy light thief at 9:46 AM on May 4, 2010