The exhibition “Man Ray. Magician and Discoverer”, which was opened at Vilna Gaon Jewish State Museum Centre of Tolerance on April 30, arguably is one the highlights of events at the museum in 2009.
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The works of Man Ray – great Jewish, American and French artist, one of the world’s best known photographers of the 20th century, a creator of the experimental movies, and a pioneer of Dadaism and Surrealism – being exhibited at the Centre of Tolerance was possible only thanks to the joined efforts of the Vilna Gaon Jewish State Museum, of the American Centre, the French Cultural Centre and the Ministry of Culture of Lithuania. We are happy that the exhibition “Man Ray. Magician and Discoverer” is included into “Vilnius – European Capital of Culture 2009” program. |
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Guests, attending the opening, were greeted by the director of Vilna Gaon Jewish State Museum Markas Zingeris, Head of the Tolerance Centre and the curator of the exhibition Ieva Šadzevičienė. The Ambassador of the United States John Cloud and the Ambassador of France Francois Lamonier, the director of “Vilnius – Capital of Culture 2009” Rolandas Kvietkauskas also presented their thoughts about the importance of this exhibition and expressed their joy in successful cooperation between different institutions in order to bring this project to reality.
The Ambassador of Ireland Donal Denham, the Ambassador of Republic of Bulgaria Ivan Dantchev, the Ambassador of the Republic of Hungary Peter Noszko-Horvath, Assistant Public Affairs Officer of the Embassy of United States Rona Rathod, the French Cultural attaché Audelin Chappuis and other honourable guests were also present at the opening.
Man Ray, born in the United States of America, a child of East European Jewish emigrants, reached his creative maturity in Paris. In his personality he embodies the idea of contemporary cosmopolitanism.
A magician and a discoverer – these are the keywords describing the personality and artistic achievements of a photography artist Man Ray.
The exhibition “Man Ray. Magician and Discoverer” contains 40 photographs, restored from conserved photographic negatives using the original techniques of the author. The photographs are brought here from Poland, “Positive Image” Foundation, and originally travelled from the Man Ray Archive in Paris in cooperation with the Man Ray Trust.
Another section of the exhibit features a multimedia presentation of fragments of Man Ray’s films archival interviews, art works and more than 1200 photographs, drawings, photographic frames of objects d’art presented in 3-D format.
Photographer P. Račiūnas |
