Shapes (1972) Maria Lassnig

Human forms in Shapes dance to J. S. Bachs breakneck runs on the harpsichord. However the animated spray paintings of plump discus throwers and wiry girls quickly confuse our culturally conditioned eye: Whats male, whats female The music quickens. As they dance in a spedup microevolution, their movements become increasingly voluptuous, their bodies fullermore: feminine it would seem, but who could say in this case