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Man Ray, African Art and the Modernist Lens, The Phillips Collection in Washington

 

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Man Ray translated the 20th-century modernist taste for African art into photographs that reached a popular audience.

About 60 of his photographs, many never before exhibited, along with more than 40 photographs by his contemporaries, including Cecil Beaton, Walker Evans, and Alfred Stieglitz, will appear side-by-side with 20 of the African objects featured in the images.

The exhibition explores the pivotal role of these photographs in shaping the perception of non-Western objects as fine art. Man Ray, African Art and the Modernist Lens is organized by International Arts and Artists.

It is happening in the Washington, District of Columbia 20009. 

They published an interesting 200 pages book - catalogue. It will soon be available and Amazon will deliver it to you when it arrives if you are interested:

Man Ray, African Art, and the Modernist LensMan Ray, African Art, and the Modernist Lens (Paperback)

by Wendy A. Grossman (Author)

Featuring more than seventy photographs by Man Ray—some never before reproduced—alongside many rarely seen photographs of African art by his European and American contemporaries, Man Ray, African Art, and the Modernist Lens uncovers a virtually unknown chapter in both the inventive activities of this celebrated artist and in this overlooked facet of photographic history.  

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"Man Ray, African Art and the Modernist Lens single-handedly resuscitates the photograph as a critical and almost completely overlooked medium in promoting the popularity and understanding of l'art negre for a western audience. The monumental studies of Robert Goldwater and William Rubin—comprehensive and engaging though they may have been—overlooked the influential role played by the photograph in this context, a regrettable lacunae this endeavor seeks to fulfill. Not only does this exhibition and catalogue complete a chapter in our understanding of Man Ray's work, but its cross-cultural approach allows us to see how the medium of photography influenced the infusion and comprehension of African and other non-western arts in the west, not only among artists, but by the general public as well." —Francis M. Naumann
 

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P.S.:  Even more related articles, vintage pictures, an audio tour and mp3 explanations about the objects and photos in this exhibition by Monica Visona, Wendy Grossmann, Letty Bonnell , Jessica Martinez … and the address where to go to visit this exhibition are in the  African Art Club members area. Also Elsa Smithgall, associate curator at the Phillips and in-house curator for the exhibition, said that the show offers a “very special look at the interconnectedness between objects and photography, and objects and the history of modern art.” and answers some questions also inside the African Art Club members at:

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