Nina Mae Fowler British, b. 1981
Fan Girl: Cyd, 2026
pencil on paper, linen, eyelets, ostrich feathers
80 x 60 x 2 cm
31 1/2 x 23 1/2 x 3/4 ins
31 1/2 x 23 1/2 x 3/4 ins
Cyd Charisse — Amarillo, Texas Born Tula Ellice Finklea in Amarillo, Texas, Cyd Charisse began dancing after contracting polio as a child, initially to rebuild her strength. She became one...
Cyd Charisse — Amarillo, Texas
Born Tula Ellice Finklea in Amarillo, Texas, Cyd Charisse began dancing after contracting polio as a child, initially to rebuild her strength. She became one of MGM’s great dancers, celebrated for a combination of extraordinary physical control and sexual allure. In the drawing, Charisse is poised en pointe, her body almost architectural in its discipline. Black ostrich feathers erupt from her waist into an extravagant, almost predatory silhouette. They amplify the sensuality projected onto her body while concealing the strength beneath it, transforming the dancer into something at once glamorous, animalistic, dangerous and vulnerable.
Born Tula Ellice Finklea in Amarillo, Texas, Cyd Charisse began dancing after contracting polio as a child, initially to rebuild her strength. She became one of MGM’s great dancers, celebrated for a combination of extraordinary physical control and sexual allure. In the drawing, Charisse is poised en pointe, her body almost architectural in its discipline. Black ostrich feathers erupt from her waist into an extravagant, almost predatory silhouette. They amplify the sensuality projected onto her body while concealing the strength beneath it, transforming the dancer into something at once glamorous, animalistic, dangerous and vulnerable.
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