Friday, October 09, 2009

Man Ray, African Art and the Modernist Lens / Phillips Collection

 October 10, 2009 -January 10, 2010 

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.

Catalogue: Man Ray, African Art, and the Modernist Lens by Wendy A. Grossman IA&A
8.75”x 11.5” Soft Cover, 184 pages
Published: 2009

The Phillips Collection | 1600 21st Street, NW | Washington, DC 20009 | 202-387-2151

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