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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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