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"Unconcerned But Not Indifferent": MAN RAY Reexamined

CultureMob (blog) - Mar 20, 2010
Just two months after The Phillips Collection wrapped their own exhibition of Man Ray's photography, Washington, ...

Reviewing "Alias Man Ray: The Art of Reinvention"

Examiner.com

Examiner.com - Mar 16, 2010
The show, room after room of it, at the Jewish Museum, Fifth Avenue and 92nd Street, was a beauty, and the artist, Man Ray, a master and an original, ...

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Alias Man Ray: The Art of Reinvention (Jewish Museum)

by: Mason Klein
Man Ray (1890-1976), born in Philadelphia to Russian Jewish parents, was initially named Emmanuel Radnitzky. It is enlightening to read his plainly written and emotionally unrevealing memoirs titled "Self Portrait" where he glosses over his formative years in a few pages. There is nothing written in the whole book about his Jewish background and very little concerning his family relationships. The essays in "Alias Man Ray" attempt to shed new light on Ray's personality and his artistic output. .
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Man Ray (Taschen Icons)

by: Angelika Taschen
This small book is part of a vague series called Icons by Taschen. They are a dim reflection on some of their larger works.

This book is definitely not for beginners, not meant to be an introduction to Man Ray. However, it has some value for people familiar with Man Ray, Andre Breton and/or Dada. Think of it as material for art history or food for thought about the time.

Do yourself a favor and don't try to learn about Man Ray from this book or any of the enthusiastic or overblown "reviews" of it.
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Man Ray, African Art, and the Modernist Lens

by: Wendy A. Grossman
Man Ray, African Art, and the Modernist Lens, by Wendy Grossman, is not your typical museum exhibition catalogue. Written to accompany a traveling exhibition that opened in Washington at the Phillips Colleciton, this book is an invaluable resource for anyone interested in the history of photography and of new interpretations of "primitivism." Carefully studying photographs of African art--not just by Man Ray but by a host of photographers, many unexpected ones--Grossman places these photographs in the context of modernism.
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