Jed Perl Bücher

Künstler, Galerien, Kritiker: In Manhattan schlägt das Herz der Gegenwartskunst. Kaum ein großer Name, kaum eine neue Bewegung der letzten Jahrzehnte, die nicht von Manhattan ausgegangen wäre. Jed Perl, einer der wichtigsten Kunstkritiker New Yorks, hat die Geschichte Manhattans als Kunstmetropole aufgeschrieben. Ein Who's who der Künstler von Jackson Pollock über Andy Warhol bis Donald Judd. Und eine Liebeserklärung an Manhattan als Lebensform, die ein atemberaubendes Kapitel in der Entwicklung der Künste ermöglicht hat.

Dada represents artistic free-thinking. Man Ray (1890–1976), an American photographer, painter, designer, sculptor, and filmmaker, arrived in Paris in 1921, where he was inspired by the irrationality of Dada and the surreal vision of Surrealism. He created striking images that transform perceptions of reality. This volume features a rich selection of his works from the 1920s and 30s, reproduced on coated stock to preserve their dramatic impact. Ray's innovative techniques included over and underexposure, shooting through fabrics, superimposing images, and focusing on minute details. He embraced the artificiality and strangeness that arose from breaking conventional presentation modes. The photographs are organized into five categories: general subjects (still lifes, landscapes, etc.), female figures (mainly nudes), women's faces (including Gertrude Stein), celebrity portraits (Ray, Dalí, Picasso, and others), and rayographs, which are "cameraless" compositions. Ray's photographs challenge conventional aesthetics and remain significant in the art world.