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*Magie* features over 100 images documenting Man Ray’s work between 1920 and 1950. It encompasses fashion photography, advertising, and portraiture, showcasing his originality in depicting the human form and his constant pursuit of beautiful shapes. A unique volume presenting images now considered icons of the last century, serving as a visual testament to the atmospheres of Paris and New York and the avant-garde artistic period; a collection of photographs that attests to the technical eclecticism of Man Ray’s art, which, as Valerio Dehò explains in his introductory text: “remains utterly indefinable and cannot be classified within any particular avant-garde movement. He defies all techniques and all poetics, remaining ultimately faithful only to himself and to his quest for an art that is intimately wonder, irony, and play. Man Ray (Philadelphia 1890 – Paris 1976) is known not only as one of the most colorful and prolific figures of Dadaism and Surrealism, but also as one of the greatest artists of the 20th century. It is to this artist that we owe the elevation of photography to the status of art.
Published by Damiani, 2005
152 pages
ISBN: 9788889431337
*Magie* features over 100 images documenting Man Ray’s work between 1920 and 1950. It encompasses fashion photography, advertising, and portraiture, showcasing his originality in depicting the human form and his constant pursuit of beautiful shapes. A unique volume presenting images now considered icons of the last century, serving as a visual testament to the atmospheres of Paris and New York and the avant-garde artistic period; a collection of photographs that attests to the technical eclecticism of Man Ray’s art, which, as Valerio Dehò explains in his introductory text: “remains utterly indefinable and cannot be classified within any particular avant-garde movement. He defies all techniques and all poetics, remaining ultimately faithful only to himself and to his quest for an art that is intimately wonder, irony, and play. Man Ray (Philadelphia 1890 – Paris 1976) is known not only as one of the most colorful and prolific figures of Dadaism and Surrealism, but also as one of the greatest artists of the 20th century. It is to this artist that we owe the elevation of photography to the status of art.
Published by Damiani, 2005
152 pages
ISBN: 9788889431337