Manley's artistic achievements

Man ray (1890- 1976) is one of the most influential and comprehensive artists in the 20th century. Painter, photographer, sculptor, editor, director, poet and writer are all his identities. His creation covers photography, painting, literature, movies, multimedia materials and other fields, among which photography is the most praised. He challenged and expanded the essence of photography, using darkroom technology, exposure, radiography and other experimental technologies, making photography an artistic expression, which widely influenced artistic creation after the 20th century.

Started painting and sculpture creation from 19 1 1. As one of the earliest abstract painters in America, he had frequent contact with avant-garde artists in Europe at that time. Photography started at 19 15. He advocates the exploration and innovation of art forms and opposes the imitation and repetition of old forms and old themes. He once conducted photography experiments with a relaxed game mentality, and invented techniques such as midway exposure and shadow photos of objects, which were later called "thunder photos". These explorations are not only unique in language skills, but also in line with the anti-artistic spirit of Dadaism and surrealism in concept.

Man Ray is one of the representatives of surrealist photography, the only founder of American Dadaism, and an experimental photographer. He is always innovating photography techniques and concepts. Manlei's early works were mainly painting and collage, but he developed a tendency to create with photography while helping other artists to shoot their works. 192 1 year, Manley came to Paris, officially took photography as a tool to make a living, and began his most important portrait series. This changed Manlei's life and artistic path, and also had a great impact on the development of photography.

Manley is also one of the inventors of "object photography" or "beam image". It is also because of the mistake in the darkroom that when the light is turned on, the photo paper that has not been put away begins to change color under the light, and the shape of the object pressed on the photo paper begins to appear on the photo paper. Manley made use of this discovery, using plane or three-dimensional objects to make different combinations, piecing together fantasy and reality, accident and necessity, and creating a number of highly inspiring and unique works.

Man ray is regarded by some photographers as the first professional photographer in the history of photography. But the originator of this professional photographer was never satisfied with a fixed pattern, and he kept exploring. ICP Encyclopedia of Photography has clearly expounded surreal art: "Surrealist schools hope to shock the audience from traditional habits, thoughts and behaviors by publicly displaying their specious and gripping images." Manley said: "It is better to shoot an idea than to shoot a thing;" It's better to shoot ideas than dreams. "Manley, through her own efforts, has expanded the areas that photography can touch and made photography highly integrated with other visual arts.

Manley's early works were mainly painting, and later he turned to photography. His contacts with many women are also related to his artistic life. He once said that when he created the oil painting "Love at the Observatory", it was the time when he spent good time with Li Mi Le. When he was embracing love, he thought of creating a huge oil painting, so he hung a canvas with a width of 250 cm on the wall of his bed. Every morning when he wakes up, he immediately draws an imaginary composition. After two years (1932-332), the huge red lips seem to be living things floating in the clouds, and the two domes of the observatory in the forest far to the left of the horizon seem to be two breasts. The composition of this painting is the impression he gets when he walks through the Luxembourg every day, which combines the beautiful image created by his favorite lover.

Man ray's life has been busy in the future room and darkroom. Portrait photography is the bread of his life, and painting art is the sustenance of his creative pleasure. As his famous saying goes, "I paint what I can't shoot, shoot what I don't want to paint." His interest is not in painting or photography itself, but in the research and development of creativity.