Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Man Ray, 1890-1976
2. Grossman, Wendy
3. Sebline, Edouard
4. Strauss, Andrew
5. Kamien-Kazhdan, Adina
6. Phillips Collection, host institution.
7. Muzeʼon Yiśraʼel (Jerusalem), host institution.
8. Ny Carlsberg glyptotek, host institution.

Description

1. 236 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 26 cm

Summary

1. 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

1. Human equations

Subject

1. Man Ray, 1890-1976 > Shakespeare equations > Exhibitions
2. Man Ray, 1890-1976 > Exhibitions
3. Painting from photographs > Exhibitions

Call number

1. JQF 15-564

Note

1. 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.

Title

1. 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

1. Ostfildern, Germany : Hatje Cantz Verlag, [2015]

Copyright date

1. ©2015

Type of content

1. text
2. still image

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Added author

1. Man Ray, 1890-1976, artist.
2. Grossman, Wendy, editor, author.
3. Sebline, Edouard, editor, author.
4. Strauss, Andrew, author.
5. Kamien-Kazhdan, Adina, author.
6. Phillips Collection, host institution.
7. Muzeʼon Yiśraʼel (Jerusalem), host institution.
8. Ny Carlsberg glyptotek, host institution.

ISBN

1. 9783775739207
2. 3775739203

Research call number

1. JQF 15-564