Testa di Mary Wigman
1926
Meet Mary Wigman, the queen of German modern dance, staring back at you with eyes that seem to vibrate with energy. Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, a founding father of Expressionism, used jagged black lines and sickly yellow-green hair to capture her wild, trance-like stage persona rather than her actual looks. Wigman often danced barefoot and wore masks, channeling raw emotion, and Kirchner’s scratchy, aggressive style is the perfect visual equivalent to her chaotic movements. They were artistic soulmates in the 1920s, feeding off each other's bohemian intensity long after the original Expressionist movement had peaked.