Man Ray - Photographer / Painter / Mixed Media Artist

[silk skin paws]

He is amazing and inspirational. I'm in love.

 

[Marvystone]

I'm suprised 'The Gift' has not been posted on this thread yet..

An iron is transformed into a new and potentially threatening object, by the addition of a row of nails. The nails and the evocation of desire, violence, and hot metal, suggest a paradox with the work's title, 'Cadeau' the French word for 'Gift'.[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][/FONT] The idea is not only to make it useless, but also to counter its original purpose by an ambivalence of the senses. With his pioneering, experimental achievements and technical innovations, Man Ray became one of the only American artists who was central to both the Dada and Surrealist movements.

His advancement of Duchamp's revival of the assisted ready made, makes for an exceptional comment on Dadaist ideals, I love this piece for its simplicity and yet somehow through Ray's conception, complexity
credit: heyokmagazine

 

[*Princesse*]

Thank you for this thread! I love all things surreal. I'm fascinated how placing attention on a typical but often overlooked part of the body, like the hands - a part almost always naked, as important to passion as lips, yet so often ignored or considered mundane - he could arrange such a sensuous piece.

 

[rox_yr_sox]

I wanted to share some of favorite man ray pics:

artgallery.nsw.gov.au
artnet.com
columbia.edu
fabiolascully.wordpress
kyushu-ns.as.jp
rijkmuseum.nl
spc.fotolog.com
studiolo.org

 

[MissMagAddict]

Vanity Fair December 1988


source | vanityfair via justaguy

 

[blueorchid]

Harper's Bazaar November 1988
"Man Ray: Mercurial Maverick"


HB Archive

 

[jeremydante]

There was a really intensive look at Lee Miller's work, and it shared lots of intel about she and Man Ray's work. I went to add the link after seeing the documentary that was posted to YouTube. I guess the video was requested to be removed from YouTube by the Lee Miller Archives. But, if it resurfaces, it was really interesting to learn about how Man Ray had apprenticed Lee Miller by her force. The ways they experimented with photographic process was so interesting.