"The streets are full of admirable
craftsmen, but so few practical
dreamers," observed Man Ray. A
highly influential and prolific American
artist who was associated with both the
Dada and Surrealist movements, Man Ray
was active in avant?garde as well as
commercial circles, and over the course
of his long career he produced
sculptures, films, drawings, and
photographs in an effort to reimagine
what we consider beautiful.
Organized by the J. Paul Getty
Museum, Los Angeles, and drawn from its
extensive collection of photographs, the
exhibition focuses on Man Ray?s
photographic work and includes 100
vintage prints spanning the period from
1916 to the 1950s. It chronicles his
early work in New York, his years in
Paris, and the decade he spent in
Hollywood during and after World War II.
Highlights are selections from Les
champs délicieux, a portfolio
of photograms (or cameraless
photographs) published in 1922;
portraits of cultural luminaries such as
Marcel Duchamp, Gertrude Stein, James
Joyce, and Marcel Proust; solarized
prints, double exposures, and other
darkroom experiments; and many images of
the women in his life, from his muse,
the infamous Kiki of Montparnasse, to
his last wife Juliet. For the Walker
presentation, a selection of Man Ray?s
films will be screened continuously in
the galleries, and a group of vintage
journals will showcase his commercial
fashion photography.
Curator: Kate Ware, former Assistant
Curator, J. Paul Getty Museum, Curator
of Photographs, Philadelphia Museum of
Art
Walker coordinating curator: Joan
Rothfuss
A PRACTICAL DREAMER: THE PHOTOGRAPHS
OF MAN RAY IS MADE POSSIBLE BY
GENEROUS SUPPORT FROM DAYTON'S
COMMUNITY?GIVING INITIATIVE, PROJECT
IMAGINE, AND GOLDMAN, SACHS &
CO.
GALLERY A
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