Alias Man Ray (Hardcover)

"[An artist] so deforms the subject as almost to hide the identity of the original, and creates a new form."-Man Ray Born Emmanuel Radnitzky, the artist known as Man Ray (1890-1976) revealed multiple artistic identities over the course of his career-New York Dadaist, Parisian Surrealist, international portraitist, and fashion photographer--and produced important works as a photographer, painter, filmmaker, writer, and maker of objects. Alias Man Ray considers how the artist's life and career were shaped by his turn-of-the-century American Jewish immigrant experience and his lifelong evasion of his past. As an exploration of the artist's deliberate cultural ambiguity, which allowed him to become the first American artist to be accepted by the Paris avant garde, this book examines the dynamic connection between Man Ray's working-class origins, his assimilation, the evolution of his art, and his willful construction of his own artistic persona, as evidenced in a series of subtle, encrypted self-references throughout the artist's career. Beautifully illustrated, Alias Man Ray will stand as a definitive study of an incomparable figure in 20th-century art. Published in association with The Jewish Museum Exhibition Schedule: The Jewish Museum, New York (November 15, 2009 - March 14, 2010)

General

Imprint:	Yale University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	December 2009
First published:	2010
Authors:	Mason Klein
Contributors:	Merry Foresta • George Baker • Lauren Schell Dickens
Dimensions:	279 x 210 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	256
ISBN-13:	978-0-300-14683-7
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Photography & photographs > Individual photographers Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > From 1900 > Art styles, First World War to 1960 > Surrealism & Dada
LSN:	0-300-14683-3
Barcode:	9780300146837

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