MAN RAY at Mondo Gallery. “Vistas del Espíritu"
08/05/2014.
Mondo Gallery. [MAD] Spain. 08/05_30/06/2014
metalocus, JOSÉ JUAN BARBA
metalocus, JOSÉ JUAN BARBA
“Vistas del Espíritu" is the title of a unique exhibition that presents Mondo Gallery from today until June 30 about work of one of the geniuses of all time photography: MAN RAY (USA, 1890).
Anatomy, 1929 / Courtesy of MONDO Gallery © Man Ray Trust.
Long hairs, 1929 / Courtesy of MONDO Gallery © Man Ray Trust.
Sans titre, (Untitled) 1931 / Courtesy of MONDO Gallery © Man Ray Trust. Click for larger image.
Sans titre, (Untitled) 1931 / Courtesy of MONDO Gallery © Man Ray Trust.
Le violon d'Ingres, (The violin of Ingres) 1924 / Courtesy of MONDO Gallery © Man Ray Trust.
Dora Maar, 1936 (1907–1997) / Courtesy of MONDO Gallery © Man Ray Trust. Click for larger image.
Rayographie, 1922 / Courtesy of MONDO Gallery © Man Ray Trust.
Autoportrait, (Self-portrait) 1931 / Courtesy of MONDO Gallery © Man Ray Trust.
Lee Miller, 1930 ca (1907 – 1977) / Courtesy of MONDO Gallery © Man Ray Trust.
Noire et blanche, (Black and White) 1926 / Courtesy of MONDO Gallery © Man Ray. Click for larger image.
Of course, there will always be those who look only technique, who ask 'how', while others of a more curious nature will ask 'why'. Personally, I have always preferred inspiration to information...."
Man Ray
Man Ray, recognized as one of the greatest photographers, has a prominent place in the history of twentieth century art. Some of his photographs have become iconic and inescapable. Visionary, he was one of the first to use photography as a means not just to play, but as a true means of creating itself.
His artistic aspirations led him to explore photographic techniques, both in making the image as in the laboratory. But his work is not devoted exclusively to photography, is also a painter, cartoonist, filmmaker, creator of objects, poet. The exhibition which opens today, Man Ray "Views of the spirit" is a retrospective of the creative process the artist used his own vision to link the object created by the use of multiple technical resources.
This unique exhibition is curated by Pierre-Yves Butzbach (France, 1955) and Horacio Basilicus (Italy, 1963). The exhibition presents a new path through the multifaceted work of Emmanuel Radnitsky (Man Ray), visionary photography as art, member of the Paris Dada group and then the group led by André Breton, the Surrealists.
Tomorrow, May 9 with the exhibition, and to complete the multifaceted work of MAN RAY screening at the Institut français Auditorium of Spain, in Madrid, films: "Return to Reason" (Retour à la raison, 1923), Emak Bakia (1926), "Starfish" (L'Etoile de mer, 1928), introduced by Pierre-Yves Butzbach.
Venue.- Gallery Mondo. Calle San Lucas, 9. 28004 - Madrid. Spain.
Dates.- 8th May to 30th June 2014.
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MAN RAY
Man Ray (born Emmanuel Radnitzky, August 27, 1890 – November 18, 1976) was an American modernist artist who spent most of his career in Paris, France. He was a significant contributor to the Dada and Surrealist movements, although his ties to each were informal. He produced major works in a variety of media but considered himself a painter above all.
In 1910 , he met Alfred Stieglitz in his famous gallery "291" in the 5th Avenue. There comes into contact with the work of important artists and began frequenting artistic environments.
He had his first contact with Cubism at the Armory Show 1913 "International Exhibition of Modern Art" that took place between 17 February on March 15, 1913, becoming a turning point for American art, had musical Impressionists, Fauves and Cubists.
He had his first solo exhibition in 1915, the year he met Marcel Duchamp, who encouraged him to experiment with other techniques such as collage and assemblage . Creator with Marcel Duchamp's New York Dada, began his artistic career as a painter. Powered by Duchamp, Man Ray moved to Paris in 1921. He joined the Dada movement and then to the Surrealists . Began around 1921 his work in photography closely related to those of Moholy -Nagy , since both handled for processing, various three-dimensional objects and mechanical parts . It is in Paris where he discovers his artistic career is not as productive as photography . It is dedicated to photography and worked as a portraitist of leading figures from the art world and the bourgeoisie. Are portraits where personal expression versus objectivity portrayed image predominates.
It was primarily a studio photographer, Workshop, for manipulation in the laboratory, cropping, enlarging or retouching were essential. His main interest is directed towards extending the visible world. For Man Ray "photographer is a wonderful explorer about aspects that our retina never recorded. (...) I've tried to capture twilight visions, the light too strong, its transience or slowness of ocular apparatus eluding our senses."
He died in Paris in 1976, his last wife Juliet Browner who he met in Los Angeles to return to Paris because of the Second World War, immediately creates the MAN RAY Trust.
