Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/04/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]My heart belongs to Dada. On 4/6/15 4:53 PM, "Mark Rabiner" <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote: > Man Ray is often thought of as the quintessential Surrealist photographer. > Mainly because the group shot of all the Surrealists was done by him. > With him conspicuously not in it. He being the one who shot it would be the > excuse. And the idea being if he'd had a self timer he'd be in it. > Turns out no. he had allegiance to the previous art movement the Dadaists. > If you asked him he'd tell you. > > > > On 4/6/15 2:17 PM, "George Lottermoser" <george.imagist at icloud.com> > wrote: > >> >> On Apr 6, 2015, at 12:37 PM, RicCarter wrote: >> >>> how does dada fit into this? >> >> my opinion: >> >> dada has a sweet spot in art history; >> so we can discuss it in terms of cultural context; >> as well as historical context; >> as well as the aesthetics of any specific work of visual art or >> literature. >> >> quite obviously dada laid the groundwork for "Conceptual Art." >> as well as "Pop Art." >> >> it also played a major role in recognizing the "Artistic Merits" of >> Photography. >> >> the Dadaists, along with the Bauhaus school, also kicked off Graphic >> Design >> style >> which remained with us pretty much up until this very moment. >> >> Regards, >> George Lottermoser >> >> http://www.imagist.com >> http://www.imagist.com/blog >> http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > -- Mark William Rabiner Photographer http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/