Films by Hans Richter and Man Ray Screening in MoMA Carte Blanche: Adam Pendleton Series

LE RETOUR À LA RAISON (Man Ray, 1923)

In conjunction with his exhibition Who Is Queen?, Adam Pendleton brings together a diverse selection of moving-image works, probing the relationships between subjectivity, Blackness, abstraction, and the avant-garde.

Two “absolute films” by Hans Richter (RHYTHMUS 21, 1921, and RHYTHMUS 23, 1923) and a “rayograph” film by Man Ray (LE RETOUR À LA RAISON, 1923) explore the limits and potentials of the film frame, putting abstract forms and textures into motion. Additional films by Chris Marker and Alain Resnais, Joan Jonas, and Gordon Matta-Clark round out the “Shorts Program” portion of this series at the Museum of Modern Art.

Click here for information about the the Carte Blanche film series in conjunction with Who Is Queen?

Adam Pendleton: WHO IS QUEEN?

GME distributes the Hans Richter and Man Ray titles on the DVD and DSL releases HANS RICHTER: EARLY WORKS and CINÉMA DADA.