Man Ray at the Kunstforum Wien: "To Create is Divine, to Reproduce is Human"

More+Events ♦ Published: March 8, 2018; 14:50 ♦ (Vindobona)

Until 24 June 2018, the Kunstforum Wien is showing the exhibition "Man Ray", which portrays the significant painter and photographer Man Ray (born Emmanuel Radnitzky) in a selection of 150 key works from all over the world.

MAN RAY: Le Violon d’Ingres, 1924 / Curator: Lisa Ortner-Kreil / Picture: © Man Ray Trust / Paris/Bildrecht, Vienna, 2016

Man Ray (August 27, 1890 - November 18, 1976) was an American visual artist who spent most of his career in France.

He was a significant contributor to the Dada and Surrealist movements, although his ties to each were informal.

He produced major works in a variety of media but considered himself a painter above all. However he is renowned by the great majority today as a…