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Name
Laszlo Moholy-Nagy
Contract Address
Token ID
4
Token Standard
ERC-721
Description
Photoplastics.
In this work we see greater liberties with space and form, exemplifying László Moholy-Nagy’s own style of montage. The artist wished to bring order to the layering of elements in his montages and maximize their legibility for the viewer, unlike the chaotic and image-packed work of the Dadaists. Despite this ordering, the meaning of the piece is meant to be associative rather than assigned. The deep significance suggested by such a ponderous title is not readily discernible. According to Lucia Moholy, a title was generally added after a composition was completed rather than being part of its genesis. In this whimsical piece the universe is shown to be comprised of a scaffolding of Constructivist beams and women’s legs, which provides shelter for a monkey treed by aggressive pelicans.
The legacy of Hungarian artist Laszlo Moholy-Nagy is among the most cherished in the lineage of photographic art, and he can be defined as a visionary whose radical experiments with photography entirely re-imagined the possibilities for the medium. Working in the early 20th century when photography was not considered a form of high art, Moholy-Nagy actively sought to break down boundaries and find new languages of photographic discourse. In doing so, he left behind an oeuvre of visual ideas that have provided artistic license to a century’s worth of photographers to experiment boldly beyond the conventional definitions of what photography is expected to be.
Edition: 1 of 1
Properties
Artist
László Moholy-Nagy
Year
1927
Property
Interior
Property
A women, monkey and pelicans
Number of characters
1
Print Edition
Unique
Museum Collection
Getty
Exhibition history
Vision in Motion: The Photographs of László Moholy-Nagy. The J. Paul Getty Museum (Malibu) June 27 to October 8, 1995
Book
Ware, Katherine.In Focus: Laszlo Moholy-Nagy. Photographs from the J. Paul Getty Museum (Los Angeles: The J. Paul Getty Museum, 1995), p. 32-33, plate 14, ill.
Book
Rubio, Oliva Maria. The Art of Light, László Moholy-Nagy (Madrid: La Fabrica, 2010), p. 88.
Edition
1 of 1
Medium
Non-Fungible Token
License
© László Moholy-Nagy Estate
Copyright
© László Moholy-Nagy Estate 2022 All Rights Reserved
File Size
3042 × 4000 px (4.6 MB)
Exhibition history
The Art of Light. Circulo de Bellas Artes (Madrid)June 1 to August 29, 2010 / Martin-Gropius-Bau (Berlin)November 4, 2010 to January 16, 2011 / Gemeentemuseum Den Haag (The Hague)January 29 to May 1, 2011
Exhibition history
Lyonel Feininger: Photographs, 1928-1939. Kupferstichkabinett, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz (Berlin)February 25 to May 15, 2011 / Pinakothek der Moderne (Munich)June 2 to July 17, 2011 / The J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles)October 25, 2011 to March 11, 2012 / Arthur M. Sackler Museum (Cambridge)March 30 to June 2, 2012
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