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Man Ray, human equations : a journey from mathematics to Shakespeare

Title
Man Ray, human equations : a journey from mathematics to Shakespeare / edited by Wendy A. Grossman, Edouard Sebline ; essays by Wendy A. Grossman, Andrew Strauss, Adina Kamien-Kazhdan, Edouard Sebline ; exhibition project initiated by Andrew Strauss.
Publication
  • Ostfildern, Germany : Hatje Cantz Verlag, [2015]
  • ©2015

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Additional Authors
  • Man Ray, 1890-1976
  • Grossman, Wendy
  • Sebline, Edouard
  • Strauss, Andrew
  • Kamien-Kazhdan, Adina
  • Phillips Collection, host institution.
  • Muzeʼon Yiśraʼel (Jerusalem), host institution.
  • Ny Carlsberg glyptotek, host institution.
Description
236 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 26 cm
Summary
How does one make sense of a purported link between mathematics, William Shakespeare, and art? The answer lies within the oeuvre of Man Ray (1890-1976). The publication sets out to unravel the Surrealist puzzle beginning with his photographs of mathematical models he encountered at the Institut Henri Poincaré in Paris in the thirties. Moreover, it charts a path culminating in his Shakespearean Equations (1947-1954) series of oil paintings, which were inspired by the photographs and painted in Hollywood over a decade later. The arc the images strike from painting back to photography reveals the ease with which Man Ray moved between various disciplines and forged his own path. An inveterate experimenter, he pioneered artistic activities in the realms of painting, object making, film, and photography, challenging conventional boundaries and blurring established aesthetic categories.
Alternative Title
Human equations
Subjects
Note
  • Published in conjuction with an exhibition organized by The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C. and The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, and held at The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C. February 7-May 10, 2015; Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen, June 11-September 20, 2015; and at The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, October 20, 2015-January 23, 2016.
Call Number
JQF 15-564
ISBN
  • 9783775739207
  • 3775739203
OCLC
898528984
Title
Man Ray, human equations : a journey from mathematics to Shakespeare / edited by Wendy A. Grossman, Edouard Sebline ; essays by Wendy A. Grossman, Andrew Strauss, Adina Kamien-Kazhdan, Edouard Sebline ; exhibition project initiated by Andrew Strauss.
Publisher
Ostfildern, Germany : Hatje Cantz Verlag, [2015]
Copyright Date
©2015
Type of Content
text
still image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Added Author
Man Ray, 1890-1976, artist.
Grossman, Wendy, editor, author.
Sebline, Edouard, editor, author.
Strauss, Andrew, author.
Kamien-Kazhdan, Adina, author.
Phillips Collection, host institution.
Muzeʼon Yiśraʼel (Jerusalem), host institution.
Ny Carlsberg glyptotek, host institution.
Research Call Number
JQF 15-564
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