Christopher Bray

Restless visionary: Man Ray was always ahead of his time

The surrealist argued at the start of the 20th century that perspectival illusionism was over and that the artist’s duty was to the flatness of his canvas

Man Ray posing with some of his works in Paris in 1970. [Getty Images]
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