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Art: Photography
Twilight Visions: Surrealism, Photography, and Paris

When

Jan 29, 2010 – May 9, 2010

Daily

Where
International Center of Photography (1133 6th Ave, 212.857.0000)
Price
$12
Details
http://www.icp.org/site/c.dnJGKJNsFqG/b.5708935/k.AFD1/Twilight_Visions.htm
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Paris of the '20s and '30s — with its serrated rooftops, Haussmann streamlines, and bustling arrondissements — was a wellspring for the surrealists, particularly its photography-happy associates. Artists like Man Ray, Brassaï, André Kertész, Jacques-André Boiffard, Dora Maar, and others tried to capture the beauty and breathlessness of the city's gallop-paced life (and its all-out facelift) using canted angles, montages, fractured perspectives, and the latest technological tricks. This look back features 150-plus such manipulations, with photographs, films, printed materials, and dope surrealist ephemera.

Jason Jude Chan