Man Ray - Softcover

Casorati, Cecilia

Softcover

ISBN 10: 8881583232 ISBN 13: 9788881583232

Publisher: Charta, 2001

Synopsis

The publication of this volume coincides with the 25th anniversary of the death of Man Ray, one of the most interesting and eclectic avant-garde artists of the 20th-century, who made his name as one of the leading figures of American dadaism. He chose photography as his primary means of expression, utilizing it as an instrument capable of disconcerting the gaze in simple ways. The portraits and fashion photographs collected here demonstrate Man Ray's originality in revealing images of the body, and his constant search for beautiful forms that were also the intelligent expression of art's capacity to stimulate thought. Never frivolous or banal, Man Ray's photographs provoke delight, disturbance, disorientation, and, most of all, reflection. As Andre Breton, Man Ray's companion in the surrealist adventure, declared: "The portrait of a beloved should not only be an image to smile at, but an oracle to interrogate."

Essays by Cecilia Casorati.

66 duotones.

8.25 x 10.5 in.

About this title

About the Author:

Manfred Heiting is an internationally acknowledged expert on and collector of photographs and books, who divides his time between Amsterdam and Malibu. He is a founder-member of the J. Paul Getty Museum Council and a member of the supervisory board of the Herb Ritts Foundation, both located in Los Angeles. He is editor of Deutschland im Fotobuch (2011) and co-editor of Autopsie: Deutschsprachige Fotobücher 1918-1945 (2012).

About this edition

• Publisher: Charta
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 8881583232
• ISBN 13: 9788881583232
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 112