"Man Ray was a multimedia artist best known for his portrait photography, yet despite his fame an often overlooked aspect of his work is his successful and progressive role as a filmmaker. Man Ray made a significant contribution to the cinema of the 1920s during rapid developments towards the establishment of art film. He transferred his pioneering methods in photography to the moving image and despite his sometimes diffident attitude toward filmmaking, his four main films remain influential and explore the artists' lasting preoccupations with light, the kinetic, and the object. The result is a body of work that is technically innovative and visually striking."
The Quietus (Video)
2008 December: Man Ray
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