Jumping Jacks. From the Series “Made in Ancient Greece”
Jumping Jacks by Anna Frants
New York
2009
We are used to seeing the depiction of running or jumping athletes on
the Greek vases.Five ancient
amphorae in this installation have the same subject, except that, instead of
the familiar red or black figures, we see on them videos based on Muybridge’s
photographs “Human Figures in Motion” taken only about a century ago.This work of the 21st
century could be called “post-post-modern” in that it proves that everything old
(or very-very old) is new again.
