Man RayAmerika Birleşik Devletleri, 1890–1976Untitled (For Immobility)
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Though best known for his experimental and fashion photography, Man Ray was a multimedia artist who found inspiration in many places. He made this construction, which features five insects posed in a shadow box, as a gift for Surrealist bookbinder Mary Reynolds. As in their natural habitat, the insects blend into the sticks and leaves surrounding them, prompting the viewer to search for all of the occupants. The subtitle, For Immobility, highlights the insects’ knack for hiding in plain sight, and evokes the Surrealist fascination with the uncanny and masquerade. The irony of the composition, with bugs presented starkly on a black background yet still difficult to see, would have appealed to Reynolds, who excelled in using unexpected materials and texture combinations to lend meaning to her own works.
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- 2019.950
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- Art Institute of Chicago
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Man Ray: hayatındaki yeri
Tüm yaşam öyküsü1940–1951
Los Angeles: painting and teaching
From 1940 to 1951 Ray lives in Los Angeles, where he focuses his creative energy on painting and also teaches painting and photography.
1946
A double wedding with Ernst and Tanning
Ray marries Juliet Browner, who takes the name 'Juliet Man Ray', in a double wedding with their friends Max Ernst and Dorothea Tanning; the couples serve as each other's witnesses.
1948
The Copley Galleries show: the “Shakespearean Equations”
At his solo exhibition at the Copley Galleries in Beverly Hills Ray shows a wide array of work, including newly painted canvases from the Shakespearean Equations series.
