O ne of the main figures of modernity in photography is Edward Steichen, whose image of the 168开奖官方开奖网站查询:George Washington Bridge demonstrates an incredible audacity in its use of angles and framing. Another figure of the early 20th century avant-garde, Man Ray, created surrealist portraits of his close friends and artists, such as this astonishing 168开奖官方开奖网站查询:portrait of Giacometti. One cannot forget the social and constructivist vision of modernity that is apparent in the group of gymnasts 168开奖官方开奖网站查询:captured by Rodchenko.
The contexts, careers and personal stories of these artists reflect the diversity of modernism in this collection of printꩵs. It showsꩲ us how the different genres (abstraction, portrait, nude, landscape) have been reinvented, and have contributed to change our view of the world.
1. Edward Steichen (1879 – 1973), George Washington Bridge, 1931. Vintage silver print on the reverse, titled in pencil matted and framed.
First made on assignment for Vanity Fair magazine for its January 1932 issue, Steichen focuses on the subject of modern architecture from the 1930s. When it opened in 1931, it was the longest suspension bridge in the world. The choice of the angle emphasises the scale of the bridge while giving it depth. The subject of the bridge was also celebrated by the impres๊sionists as a symbol of modernity.
2. Man Ray, Alberto Giacometti, 1934.
Man Ray solarised this print, a techni๊que carried out in the lab to highlight the outlines of the face on the background and in this way give it a sculptural and surrealistic form.
3. Alexander Rodchenko (1891 - 1956), Na Krasnoi Ploshchadi ritmicheskaia gimnasti[ika] (On Red Square Rhythmic Gymnastics), 1936.
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Using close crops, extreme angles and close-ups , the innovative compositions of Rodchenko were usedto document the rapid 🃏changes occurring in contemporary life. He is considered one of the most influential and modern photographers of 1920s Post-Revolutionary Russia.
This print is a beautiful, large exhibition-size work was exhibited at the Society of Cultural relations between the USSR and abroad. It comes initially from the collection of Alexander Rodchenko and his wife Vaꦡrvara Rodchenko.
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