Thursday, September 8, 2016



László Moholy-Nagy: Future Present, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum 1071 Fifth Avenue, Manhattan





Installation view showing photograms
Image source: http://hyperallergic.com/302064/the-fluid-experimentation-of-laszlo-moholy-nagy-in-a-long-awaited-retrospective/







László Moholy-Nagy, “Photogram” (1926), gelatin silver photogram, 23.8 x 17.8 cm (courtesy Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Ralph M. Parsons Fund, © 2016 Hattula Moholy-Nagy/VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York, photo by Museum Associates















EXPERIMENT 1: REPETITION--PROFILES WITH SALIVA: Two-minute exposures on light-sensitive paper showing profiles and streams of saliva



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EXPERIMENT 2: INVERTED SYMMETRY;  Two-minute exposures on light-sensitive paper; digital collage











EXPERIMENT 3: FOR LASZLO—WITH GEOMETRY: 2-minute exposure on light-sensitive paper; Maholy-Nagy's geometric elements explored, suggesting magnifications; digital collage









EXPERIMENT 4: REPITITION--PROFILES WITH USB CORD AND HANDS: Two-minute exposures on light-sensitive paper, digital collage












EXPERIMENT 5: RADIATING PROFILES WITH HANDS: Two-minute exposures on light-sensitive paper showing profiles, hands and cords; digitally manipulated to produce layered transparencies











2 comments:

  1. These are wonderful Cynthia. Beautiful and thought=provoking.

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  2. Thank you Mary! The experiments are shown from first to last and document the process from clumsy to proficient. I appreciate your comment! Best,Cynthia

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