Read Indepth Article Nov 16, 2009
ALIAS MAN RAY : THE ART OF REINVENTION - Jewish Museum - absolutearts ... "ALIAS MAN RAY : THE ART OF REINVENTION" 2009-11-15 until 2009-03-14 New York, NY, USA United States of America ... A trailblazing figure in 20th-century art, Man Ray (1890-1976) revealed multiple artistic identities over the course of his career Dadaist, Parisian Surrealist, international portrait and fashion photographer and produced many important and enduring works as a photographer, painter, filmmaker, writer,... (AbsoluteArts.com)
CHANGE OF DATE - The Photo Review Benefit Auction Nov 3, 2009
Beginning and experienced collectors alike will have the opportunity to bid on work by such historic masters as Edouard Baldus, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Edward S. Curtis, Alfred Eisenstaedt, Leonard Misonne, Gordon Parks, Man Ray, Herb Ritts, W. Eugene Smith, Edward Steichen, Josef Sudek, and Clarence H. White. Among the contemporary photo stars whose work will go on the block are Michael Bishop, Marilyn Bridges, Carl Chiarenza, Lois Greenfield, Jefferson Hayman, Henry Horenstein, Michael Kenna,... (AbsoluteArts.com)
Philippa Blair - Tracks : Jayme Odgers - Watercolor Portraits Oct 22, 2009
His work has been exhibited at the Brooklyn Museum , The San Francisco Museum of Art, Arco Center for the Visual Arts, The Albright Knox Museum and the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, the permanent collection of the Smithsonian's Cooper-Hewitt Museum in New York City and the White House in Washington , D.C. Jayme's poster for the Academy of Television Arts ces was included in the Walker Art Center 's 1984 landmark show, Posters of The Century: Design of the Avant Garde along with works by... (AbsoluteArts.com)
Shake It :An Instant History of the Polaroid Oct 12, 2009
Other highlights include Andy Warhol's still-lifes of perfume bottles and shoes; the photographs that an avid shoe collector sticks on to her shoeboxes for ease of identification; portraits of Richard Hamilton who, since 1968, has invited artist friends including Warhol, Francis Bacon, Robert Rauschenberg and Man Ray to photograph him; Polaroids of casting sessions from leading model agency Storm; the mutilated, distorted, blurred self portraits by Lucas Samaras, who discovered the malleability... (AbsoluteArts.com)
A rare Chicago visit by a Caravaggio Oct 4, 2009
Man Ray, African Art and the Modernist Lens : African art fascinated 20th-century Modernist artists. This exhibition at the Phillips Collection includes 60 photographs by Man Ray, another 40 by such contemporaries as Walker Evans and Alfred Stieglitz, and 20 African artifacts that appear in the images ... (Also of note on the Man Ray front is Alias Man Ray: The Art of Reinvention, which looks at the artist s Jewish roots. (Boston Globe)
Classic Harris home for sale in Berkeley hills Sep 22, 2009
On the upper lot sits one of Harris' most renowned designs, the John Weston Havens Jr. House, conceived in 1939 and often photographed by famed artist Man Ray, a friend of Havens. A protege of International-style architect Richard Neutra, Harris also was influenced by Frank Llloyd Wright's Prairie and Usonian houses in California, such as the Hollyhock House in Los Angeles. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Business)
Santa Clara University's de Saisset Museum to Offer Eclectic Mix of Landscapes, Prints, and Sculptures This Fall Aug 20, 2009
Also represented are prints by the surrealist Ren Magritte, a chessboard by Man Ray, and a number of examples of Op Art by Bridget Riley and others. In addition to contemporary art, several small but intricately formed pre-Columbian sculptures will be on view. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Must-Sees of Madrid, Spain Aug 11, 2009
If you find you have more time or interest, by all means check out several or all of the nearly 600 works that make up the permanent collection, including pieces by Gris, Mir;, Braque, L;ger, Dal; and Man Ray as well as numerous contemporary Spanish and international artists. Know, though, that Guernica will be the piece that stays with you and you can avoid the fatigue and the guilty, rushed feeling of moving too fast through too many masterpieces. (Suite101.com)
Bill Brandt : Over 50 Images by One of the Twentieth-Centurys Greatest Photographers Jun 29, 2009
However, before embarking on this personal journey, Brandt had been fortunate enough to study under Man Ray in Paris, where he absorbed the aesthetics of Surrealism a training that would forever colour his photographs with the marvellous tint of European modernism. Brandt was a regular presence in the great photographic magazines of the time, particularly Picture Post and Lilliput, but also published numerous books including The English at Home (1936), A Night in London (1938), Literary... (AbsoluteArts.com)
IT'S SURREALLY STIMULATING Jun 24, 2009
Elsewhere, a Man Ray object identified as a cello fingerboard is neither -- just the neck of a bass fiddle. Nevertheless, with its fluttering cascade of horsehair, it's one of the more erotically charged pieces here, along with Giacometti's "Disagreeable Object" -- a daunting piece of carved wood that looks like a big, fat sex toy, except for its spikes. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
More She's got face value Mar 8, 2009
A modern interpretation of the optical effects of Man Ray. Translation: A gray wash on the eyes, natural-looking foundation and a flesh-toned mouth. (The Palm Beach Post)
Cities captured by master strokes Feb 22, 2009
The survey takes in not just painting, from the Renaissance to the present, but also such photographers as Man Ray and Andre Kertesz and such filmmakers as F.W. Murnau and Orson Welles. Paseo del Prado 8, 011-34-91-369-01-51. (Boston Globe)
Dada and surrealist masterpieces make US stop Feb 13, 2009
The works by artists such as Salvador Dali, Pablo Picasso and Man Ray will make their only U.S. appearance at the Cincinnati Art Museum beginning Sunday. The collection surveys two of the most significant art movements of the 20th century through more than 200 works including paintings, sculptures, collages, photographs and film drawn from the Israel Museum in Jerusalem. (Yahoo News)
