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Man
Ray's contributions to the photographic avant-guarde
of the 20's and 30's have been discounted by
some as the non-art of the Dada movement or
at best playful, unserious photographs influenced
by the Surrealist movement. But to only look
at the photographs of Man Ray misses the true
significance of his diverse and active career.
During his lifetime, Man Ray produced an usual
variety of "artworks" ranging from paintings,
mixed media sculpture, found objects or readymades,
motion picture films, prose and photography.
An artist of quick wit and a sincere disinterest
in too much artistic self-absorbsion, Man Ray
often lost interest in the lenghty discussions
on aesthetics so common to his many artist friends.
During the 1940s he escaped occupied France
for Hollywood but returned to Paris in 1950.
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