In the Department of Private Collections Pushkin Pushkin presented a retrospective of the painter and photographer Man Ray (1890-1976). The exhibition includes more than 100 photographs from museums and private collections

Pushkin Museum. Pushkin
Department of Private Collections
October 30, 2013 - January 19, 2014
st. Volhonka , 10

MAN RAY Portrait of Lee Miller. Solarize Okolo1929

Penrose Collection
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MAN RAY Catherine Deneuve . 1968 Private collection

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the first time in Russia in the Pushkin Museum Pushkin , an exhibition , a retrospective of the painter and photographer Man Ray ( 1890-1976 ) , whose work has had a profound impact on avant-garde art of the XX Ages : from Dada and Surrealism to abstract and commercial photography .

Emmanuel Radnitsky known as Man Ray , was born in Philadelphia (USA ) in 1890. The family soon moved to New York. In 1898, inspired by the photographs published in the media explosion on the USS "Maine " ( February 15, 1898 at the Port of Havana ) Emmanuel creates his first work - colored pencil sketch . In 1915, he became acquainted with the artist Marcel Duchamp , one of the leaders of Dada , by which actively immersed in the avant-garde art : publishes New York Dada, creates an "anonymous society" - the US-based avant-garde art . At the same time he bought the first camera to take their pictures and pictures of friends . In 1920 began working as a portrait photographer .

The exhibition at the Pushkin Museum. Pushkin's works by Man Ray , in accordance with the basic stages of the artist : " New York ", " Paris ", " Hollywood ».

first section of the exhibition is devoted to the United States - the home of Man Ray . It was here that he decided to become an artist and seriously interested in Dadaism , where he took his first pictures , including assamblyazhny "Self Portrait" in 1916 and absurdist portraits of Marcel Duchamp . It was his first paintings Ray shot as a photographer .

Paris arose in the destiny of Man Ray twice. Paris 1921-1939 years: it was here in 1924, was born the famous photograph " Ingres' Violin ," in 1926 - "Black and White" . In this first " French period ", he became interested in surrealism , was his familiarity with the two women, who became his models and lovers - with Kiki of Montparnasse and Lee Miller. Here he perfected the effect of solarization and invented reyografiyu . In France, he opened his shop , he began to work with fashion, collaborate with magazines and shoot portraits on order. This section of the exhibition presents pair and group portraits taken in the interior and in the studio, on the street , in cafes, on the beach. Leading surrealists on a striped black and white side by side demonstrate impeccable style of the 1930s . Scenographic signs of the times : the architect Le Corbusier in his trademark round glasses and a bow tie , impeccably stylish , exemplary artistic Sergei Eisenstein , the artist Robert Delaunay , from the comfort of your home, casually posing with a pipe , and the artist Andre Derain sits behind the wheel of his «Bugatti 43 ", Henri Matisse - the conservative tweed suit, with a neatly trimmed beard and piercing eyes desperately . English writer -intellectual Aldous Huxley takes a back seat , Sinclair Lewis , American author and winner of the Nobel Prize , self-absorbed , he buries his face in his collar , a young Salvador Dali, mysteriously illuminated from below .

The number of known and famous, whose portraits created by Man Ray , is impressive : James Joyce , Tristan Tzara , Jean Cocteau , Louis Aragon and André Breton , Gertrude Stein and Elsa Schiaparelli , the Duchess of Windsor and Margaret Oppenheim, Igor Stravinsky and Erik Satie, the famous French singer Juliette Greco and Yves Montand , etc. Two portraits by Pablo Picasso , 1922 and 1933 , show the evolution of photographic views of Man Ray . Although in the 1920s Picasso was one of the most important of French avant-garde artist Man Ray photographed quite as representative of the artistic community. Dressed as a lowly bank clerk , put his hands in the pockets of people. The background of the photographer selects a wall hung with works by Picasso . Ten years later, Man Ray was able to portray Picasso , referring to his work . The picture shows a rebellious , searching , constantly experimenting artist . Close-up, hard confident profile .

Like all surrealists Man Ray was obsessed with the beauty of the female body. At the exhibition , along with a surreal interpretation of the theme is quite a lot of examples of the traditional interpretation of the naked body . This is a portrait of Kiki of Montparnasse with the famous model , with which the artist met in 1921, he moved to Paris. She is depicted in a work of «Le Violon d'Ingres» - « Ingres' Violin " that has become a landmark for Man Ray . Seated in his turban removed Kiki rear, on the bare back marked sinuous lines in the form of f-holes , cut-outs on the violin . " Hommage Ingres " - his nude model and his love of this musical instrument. Lee Miller, his talented pupil , an American photographer and journalist, and lover of Man Ray 's assistant from 1929 to 1932 . The other great love - young dancer Eddie Fidelina , and finally , Juliet Browner , who became the wife of the artist , who had stayed with him until his death in 1976. The exhibition also presents a portrait of Virginia Woolf, whose photo was the cover of The Saturday Review in 1937. Hand raised writer , she is a confused , or surprised. The image that Ray has created a very accurate: Intelligence and children's credulity .

From Hollywood work of Man Ray was associated from 1940 to 1950 . After the German invasion of France, Man Ray left for the United States. Here , he created portraits of outstanding actress Ava Gardner and other Hollywood stars , including Leslie Caron , Jennifer Jones, Margaret Neumann and others .

The exhibition also presents a series of self-portraits by Man Ray . The earliest refers to 1916 to 1930 - solyarizirovanny "Self-portrait with a camera," the 1950s and 1970s - the portraits of his wife Juliet Browner . Attempts to identity, representation itself : from the young Dadaist to gray-haired maestro next to his divine muse. The artist often portrayed himself at work in the laboratory. He always loved the mystery of manipulation in the dark room , something seems like a religious rite . Man Ray often denied that he was an artist , calling himself photometrographe: « My work is purely photometric ." Make sure that it is not, you will be able to visit the exhibition of works by the great masters of the XX century .

The exhibition features more than 100 photographs from the National Portrait Gallery (London ), the National Arts Centre and the culture Georges Pompidou (Paris), the Israel Museum ( Jerusalem), the Victoria and Albert Museum (London ), Man Ray Trust ( New York) , and private collections .

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