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Couple
bronze
1926
Alberto Giacometti
Swiss, 1901–1966
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Satiric Dancer
silver gelatin print
1926
Paris
André Kertész
#andrekertesz #photography #art #satiricdancer #dated1926 #paris #surrealism #surrealistphotography #surrealistart #art
André Kertész (1894–1985) has been hailed as one of the most important photographers of the twentieth century. Working intuitively, he captured the poetry of modern urban life with its quiet, often overlooked incidents and odd, occasionally comic, or even bizarre juxtapositions. He endeavored "to give meaning to everything" about him with his camera, "to make photographs as by reflection in a mirror, unmanipulated and direct as in life." Combining this seemingly artless spontaneity with a sophisticated understanding of composition, Kertész created a purely photographic idiom that celebrates direct observation of the everyday. Neither a surrealist, nor a strict photojournalist, he nevertheless infused his best images with strong tenets of both. "You don't see" the things you photograph, he explained, "you feel them." Born Kertész Andor in Budapest, he received his first camera in 1912 and immediately began to make intimate portraits of family and friends, studies of the Hungarian countryside, and scenes of daily life behind the battle lines of World War I. Seeking to make a living through photography, he moved in 1925 to Paris, where he established a successful career as a photojournalist. Buoyed by this accomplishment and inspired by the vibrant artistic community of the French capital, he created some of the most intriguing and celebrated images of the period. In 1936 Kertész relocated to New York in order to further his career. Captivated by the rich visual spectacle of the city and awed by its scale, he used the camera to record both his fascination with, and sense of alienation from, his new surroundings. The images attest to a complicated personal history borne through the political upheavals of two wars and life in three countries. He died at age ninety-one. This exhibition offers a comprehensive overview of Kertész's rich and varied career.
Satiric Dancer
silver gelatin print
1926
Paris
André Kertész
#andrekertesz #photography #art #satiricdancer #dated1926 #paris
Max Morise (1900 – 1973) was a French artist, writer and actor, associated with the Surrealist movement in Paris from 1924 to 1929. He was friends with Robert Desnos and Roger Vitrac before they joined the Surrealist movement. He contributed articles to La Revolution Surrealiste and took part in a series of round table discussions held by the group, regarding the nature of sex. André Robert Breton was a French writer and poet, the co-founder, leader, and principal theorist of surrealism. His writings include the first Surrealist Manifesto (Manifeste du surréalisme) of 1924, in which he defined surrealism as "pure psychic automatism". African art had a profound and lasting influence on Western art, particularly in the early 20th century during the rise of modern art movements like Cubism Expressionism and especially Surrealism. Western artists were drawn to the abstract forms, symbolic representations, and expressive lines of African art, which they integrated into their own work, leading to significant stylistic changes.
Surrealist artist Max Morise (1900-1973) next to an African Baoulé mask in the studio of writer and Surrealist theorist André Breton in Paris circa 1926.
#photography #maxmorise #surrealist #baoule #baule #mask #africanart #tribalart #andrebreton #dated1926 #paris #surrealistmanifesto
