Venice, Man Ray stars in an exhibition at Tommaso Calabro's

by Redazione , published on 13/04/2025
Categories: Exhibitions / Disclaimer
The Tommaso Calabro gallery dedicates an exhibition at its Venice venue to Man Ray, one of the most visionary and innovative artists of the 20th century, and presents a selection of more than forty works-paintings, assemblages, photographs, gouaches and graphics-created between the 1920s and the 1970s.

The Tommaso Calabro gallery dedicates an exhibition at its Venice venue to Man Ray, one of the most visionary and innovative artists of the 20th century, and presents a selection of more than forty works-paintings, assemblages, photographs, gouaches and graphics-created between the 1920s and the 1970s, and offers an overview of the varied and intense production of the American artist, who made Paris his home for most of his life.

Emmanuel Radnitzky(Philadelphia, 1890 - Paris, 1976), known to most as Man Ray, was born in the United States into a Jewish family of Russian descent. He adopted his pseudonym in 1909 after moving to New York, where he became acquainted with art and avant-garde circles.

Man Ray, Venus restaurée (1936-1971; chalk and rope, 74 x 43 x 40 cm)
Man Ray, Venus restaurée (1936-1971; chalk and rope, 74 x 43 x 40 cm)
Man Ray, L'arbre est une rose (1969; color silkscreen print on metallic plastic, 66 x 80 cm)
Man Ray, L’arbre est une rose (1969; color silkscreen print on metallic plastic, 66 x 80 cm)
Man Ray, Pêchage (1972; absorbent cotton mounted on painted wooden box with glass lid, 50 x 34.5 x 34.5 cm)
Man Ray, Pêchage (1972; absorbent cotton mounted on painted wooden box with glass lid, 50 x 34.5 x 34.5 cm)

Throughout his long artistic career, Man Ray adopted different languages, making his art a continuous spectacle of metamorphosis. Irony and iconoclasm, in a fusion of experimentation and wit, are expressions of his spirit of research and his desire to reinvent the world through art. The chaos and disorder of an ever-changing reality-overwhelmed by political events-penetrate the artist’s soul, clashing with the resistance of matter and giving rise to incessant creative transformations.

Continuing the appreciation of figures linked to the Surrealist movement and the gallery owner Alexander Iolas, with this exhibition Tommaso Calabro therefore wants to pay tribute to a brilliant and unique artist, capable of traversing and transforming the avant-garde of the 20th century with a revolutionary vision.

For all information, you can visit Tommaso Calabro’s official website.

Venice, Man Ray stars in an exhibition at Tommaso Calabro's
Venice, Man Ray stars in an exhibition at Tommaso Calabro's


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