Contributions

  • Phillips Collection - Contributor
  • Muzeʼon Yiśraʼel (Jerusalem) - Contributor
  • Ny Carlsberg glyptotek - Contributor

Publication

2015 - , Germany

Language

English

Word Count

59,000 words, Guess

Page Count

236 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-103775739203
  • ISBN-139783775739207
  • OCLC Control Number905732219
  • Better World Books9783775739207
  • Open LibraryOL27185830M

Classifications

  • DDC770
  • LCCN6537.R3 A4 2015
  • LCCN6537.R3A4 2015b

Alternate Titles

  • Man Ray, human equations

Description

How does one make sense of a purported link between mathematics, William Shakespeare, and art? The answer lies within the oeuvre of Man Ray (1890-1976). The publication sets out to unravel the Surrealist puzzle beginning with his photographs of mathematical models he encountered at the Institut Henri Poincaré in Paris in the thirties. Moreover, it charts a path culminating in his Shakespearean Equations (1947-1954) series of oil paintings, which were inspired by the photographs and painted in Hollywood over a decade later. The arc the images strike from painting back to photography reveals the ease with which Man Ray moved between various disciplines and forged his own path. An inveterate experimenter, he pioneered artistic activities in the realms of painting, object making, film, and photography, challenging conventional boundaries and blurring established aesthetic categories.

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