Man Ray

Robert Rocca

ISBN 10: 8836661394 / ISBN 13: 9788836661398

Published by Silvana, IT, 2026

About this Item

A visionary and multifaceted artist, Man Ray is a leading figure in 20th-century art history. Photographer, painter, draftsman, filmmaker, and object-maker defined by rare creative freedom, he turned every medium into a field of experimentation.Born Emmanuel Radnitzky in Philadelphia in 1890, he soon immersed himself in New York's avant-garde scene, where he met and formed a close bond with Marcel Duchamp, eventually joining him in Paris in 1921. There, he became a key player in the Dada, then Surrealist movements. He revolutionised photography, elevating it to a full-fledged art form, with iconic works like Le Violon d'Ingres and Noire et blanche. The formal audacity and poetic visual language he brought to fashion photography continue to inspire creatives to this day. A tireless experimenter, he invented "rayographs", rediscovered solarisation and as an avant-garde filmmaker he transformed the image into pure sensation.Man Ray embodies the free, transgressive, and elusive artist. His body of work, imbued with humour, strangeness, and eroticism, defies categorisation and celebrates the power of imagination.Includes texts by: Robert Rocca, Pierre-Yves Butzbach, Raffaella Perna.Text in English and Italian.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Man Ray
• Publisher: Silvana, IT
• Publication Date: 2026
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 8836661394
• ISBN 13: 9788836661398
• Binding: Hardback
• Edition: Illustrated - Bilingual.
• Condition: New
• Dimensions: 28W x 1.8H x 24D centimeters 28 centimeters width by 1.8 centimeters height by 24 centimeters depth
• Weight: 1630 grams

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Synopsis

Imbued with humor, strangeness and eroticism, Man Ray's work defies categorization and celebrates the power of imagination

A photographer, painter, draftsman, filmmaker and inventor defined by a stringent creative freedom, Man Ray (1890–1976) turned every medium into a field of experimentation. His greatest contributions, however, were in the field of photography, elevating it to a full-fledged art form with iconic works such as Le Violon d'Ingres and Noire et blanche. The formal audacity and poetic visual language he brought to fashion photography continue to inspire creatives to this day. Through a collection of original and archival materials from the collection of the Palazzo Reale, Shapes of Light traces Man Ray's entire artistic career, from his dabbling in the New York art scene to his years in Paris collaborating with Marcel Duchamp and the Surrealists. Thematic chapters dedicated to self-portraits, muses, nudes, rayographs, solarizations and fashion combine his most memorable works with rarely seen sketches, preparatory studies, outtakes and other ephemera.