Man Ray: 1890-1976 (Photobook S.) - Hardcover

Ware, Katherine; De L'Ecotais, Emmanuelle

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 3822871850 ISBN 13: 9783822871850

Publisher: Taschen GmbH, 2000

Synopsis

<div>Man Ray (1890-1976) remains a legendary figure in the history of 20th century visual art, Born Emmanuel Rudnitsky (which he abbreviated as his career took off) in Philadelphia, Ray was one of the first modern graphic artists. Bursting with ideas, he restlessly moved between media, constantly experimenting with the technological and scientific processes of constructing the image. In Ray's compositions bodies and objects are made strange and unfamiliar -- erotic, playful and sometimes sinister. Ray was a charismatic figure with a knack for creating and energising artistic movements, influencing and befriending many leading lights of the European Avant-Garde, from Dadaists to Surrealists and including Duchamp, Picasso, Satie, Cocteau and Breton. Ray's vast photographic oeuvre is often considered to be his most important and ground-breaking body of work. As well as consistently creating unusual and beautiful images, he also developed a number of new photographic techniques, most Famously photograms (or ""Rayographs,"" as he preferred to call them), and the solarization process which, as he himself claimed, he ""discovered"" by accident with his muse, assistant and model Lee Miller. This volume brings together the finest photographs from collections and archives around the world, representing the singular vision of Man Ray at his most dynamic and beautiful.</div>

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About the Author

Emmanuelle de l'Ecotais wrote a doctorate on Man Ray's photograph archive. She also curated the exhibition "Man Ray, la photographie à l'envers" in Paris (1998-99) and recently published the book "L'Esprit Dada" (1999). Katherine Ware is a curator of Photography at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Her recent publications include works on Man Ray and Laszlo Moholy-Nagy. Emmanuelle de l'Ecotais promovierte über das fotografische Archiv von Man Ray. Sie hat die Pariser Ausstellung "Man Ray, la photographie à l'envers" (1998-99) betreut und jüngst das Buch "L'Esprit Dada" (1999) veröffentlicht. Katherine Ware ist Kuratorin fur Fotografie am Philadelphia Museum of Art. Zu ihren jüngsten Veröffentlichungen zählen Bücher über Man Ray und Laszlo Moholy-Nagy. Emmanuelle de l'Ecotais a écrit sa thèse sur les archives photographiques de Man Ray. Elle a dirigé l'exposition "Man Ray, la photographie à l'envers " à Paris (1998-99) et elle a publié en 1999 l'ouvrage " L'Esprit Dada ". Katherine Ware est commissaire d'expositions de photographie au Philadelphia Museum of Art. Elle a publié récemment des ouvrages sur Man Ray et Laszlo Moholy-Nagy.

Edition details

• Publisher: Taschen GmbH
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3822871850
• ISBN 13: 9783822871850
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 252