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How does one make sense of a purported link between mathematics, William Shakespeare, and art? The answer lies within the oeuvre of Man Ray (1890–1976). The publication sets out to unravel the Surrealist puzzle beginning with his photographs of mathematical models he encountered at the Institut Henri Poincaré in Paris in the thirties. Moreover, it charts a path culminating in his Shakespearean Equations (1947–1954) series of oil paintings, which were inspired by the photographs and painted in Hollywood over a decade later. The arc the images strike from painting back to photography reveals the ease with which Man Ray moved between various disciplines and forged his own path. An inveterate experimenter, he pioneered artistic activities in the realms of painting, object making, film, and photography, challenging conventional boundaries and blurring established aesthetic categories. Exhibitions: The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C., February 7–May 10, 2015 | NY Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen, June 11–September 20, 2015 | The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, October 20, 2015–January 23, 2016
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How does one make sense of a purported link between mathematics, William Shakespeare, and art? The answer lies within the oeuvre of Man Ray (1890-1976). The publication sets out to unravel the Surrealist puzzle beginning with his photographs of mathematical models he encountered at the Institut Henri Poincaré in Paris in the thirties. Moreover, it charts a path culminating in his Shakespearean Equations (1947-1954) series of oil paintings, which were inspired by the photographs and painted in Hollywood over a decade later. The arc the images strike from painting back to photography reveals the ease with which Man Ray moved between various disciplines and forged his own path. An inveterate experimenter, he pioneered artistic activities in the realms of painting, object making, film, and photography, challenging conventional boundaries and blurring established aesthetic categories.
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Man Ray - Human Equations [a journey from mathematics to shakespeare]
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Hardcover. Illustrated boards with white lettering. 236 pp. BW and color illustrations. Published in conjuction with an exhibition organized by The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C. and The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, and held at The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C. February 7-May 10, 2015; Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen, June 11-September 20, 2015; and at The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, October 20, 2015-January 23, 2016. Contents as follows: Prologue / Wendy A. Grossman and Andrew Strauss -- Act I : The lucid hand : seeing mathematical forms through Man Ray's lens / Edouard Sebline -- {Scene one} Abstract vision and satisfied passion : Man Ray's photographs of mathematical objects / Kirsten A. Hoving -- {Scene two} Max, Man and math / Gabriele Werner -- Act II : To be continued unnoticed : mathematics and Shakespeare in Hollywood / Andrew Strauss -- {Scene one} The philosopher and the merchant : play is the thing / Wendy A. Grossman -- {Scene two} Non-abstractions / Edouard Sebline -- {Scene three} Finding Shakespeare in the Shakespearean equations / Michael Witmore -- Entr'acte. The mathematical perspective : the science and history behind the models : introduction / Cédric Villani -- Spotlight on models at the Institut Henri Poincaré / Francois Apéry, Mark Green, Peggy Aldrich Kidwell, and Philip Ording -- The models chosen by Man Ray at the Insittue Henri Poincaré : a mathematician's view / François Apéry -- How to look at mathematical objects : interview with Mark Green / by Philip Ording -- Act III : Metamorphosis of the object / Wendy A. Grossman -- {Scene one} The hand of Man and the metamorphosis of the artist / Wendy A. Grossman -- {Scene two} Unmasking Othello and Taming of the shrew / Wendy A. Grossman -- {Scene three} Objects of my affection : the 1944 Circle Gallery exhibition / Edouard Sebline -- Act IV : Humanizing the object : Man Ray's subversion of classical and mathematical models / Adina Kamien-Kazhdan -- {Scene one} Meditation on Hamlet / Alexa Huang -- {Scene two} Hybrids and automatons / Adina Kamien-Kazhdan -- Act V : Squaring the circle : the math of art / Wendy A. Grossman -- {Scene one} Non-Euclidean object / Edouard Sebline -- Epilogue : Painting Shakespeare / Stuart Sillars -- A note on the Shakesepearean equations / Man Ray -- Catalogue of Shakespearean equations -- List of works. VG, ex art library copy never used. One ink stamp to top of text block, one on lower title-page, on or rear endpaper. No spine label. Seller Inventory # 170043
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