Curators: Noriko Fuku y John Jacob.
Number of works: 339 works; work on paper, oils, lithographs, drawings, sculptures and photographs.
Collection: Man ray Trust New York.
Contact: Ana Berruguete.
Catalogue: published by La Fábrica.
The title of the exhibition, Unconcerned But Not Indifferent, is taken from Man Ray’s epitaph. The exhibition is comprised of nearly 300 items, and is the first of its kind to place the artwork of Man Ray in relation to the objects and images from which he drew his inspiration: his bowler hat and cane, objects from the shelves of his Rue de Ferou studio in Paris, his collection of erotic photographs, and the objects that he used to create his well known Rayographs. As a result of the extraordinary wealth of material available to it through the Man Ray Trust, Unconcerned But Not Indifferent explores numerous motifs in their development from sketches to fully realized masterworks, and it reveals Man Ray’s occasional use of photographic source material for his paintings and graphic work. In addition, as a result of extensive research of the Trust’s uncatalogued holdings, the exhibition will be the first to present an important selection of unknown works. The project will be accompanied by the publication of a catalogue.
The structure of Unconcerned But Not Indifferent follows Man Ray’s four working periods: New York, Paris, Los Angeles, Paris. The opening sequence, New York, will present a selection of copy prints of Man Ray’s personal index-card files which he used to document his early works. These files, the originals of which were stolen from Man Ray’s studio after his death and have not been recovered, have been the subject of considerable controversy, and have never been previously exhibited. Wherever possible, they will be presented in relation to the specific works that they document.
