Dancers c. 1936 - 1942

Alex Monastersky made this print called "Dancers" using lithography. The whole scene shimmers with light as the dancers hold hands, caught up in the music of the clarinet player in the foreground. You can almost hear the music, can’t you? Monastersky has used shading to give the figures a sense of movement, their limbs blurring as they spin. It feels like the artist is trying to capture not just the dancers, but the feeling of the dance itself, like he’s sympathizing with the joy and the energy of the scene. I wonder what Monastersky was thinking about when he made this? Was he a dancer himself? Or just someone who loved to watch? Whatever it was, you can sense his interest in modernism and the energy of the jazz age! Artists are always in conversation with each other, across time, inspiring each other’s creativity.