MAN RAY AMERICAN ARTIST CONTRIBUTOR TO BOTH THE DADA AND SURREALIST MOVEMENTS, BEST KNOWN FOR HIS AVANT-GARDE PHOTOGRAPHY, MAN RAY PRODUCED MAJOR WORKS IN A VARIETY OF MEDIA. HE IS NOTED FOR HIS PHOTOGRAMS, WHICH HE RENAMED "RAYOGRAPHS". IN 1999, ARTNEWS MAGAZINE NAMED HIM ONE OF THE 25 MOST INFLUENTIAL ARTISTS OF THE 20TH CENTURY, CITING HIS GROUNDBREAKING PHOTOGRAPHY AS WELL AS "HIS EXPLORATIONS OF FILM, PAINTING, SCULPTURE, COLLAGE, ASSEMBLAGE, AND PROTOTYPES OF WHAT WOULD EVENTUALLY BE CALLED PERFORMANCE ART AND CONCEPTUAL ART"
MAN RAY AMERICAN ARTIST CONTRIBUTOR TO BOTH THE DADA AND SURREALIST MOVEMENTS, BEST KNOWN FOR HIS AVANT-GARDE PHOTOGRAPHY, MAN RAY PRODUCED MAJOR WORKS IN A VARIETY OF MEDIA. HE IS NOTED FOR HIS PHOTOGRAMS, WHICH HE RENAMED "RAYOGRAPHS". IN 1999, ARTNEWS MAGAZINE NAMED HIM ONE OF THE 25 MOST INFLUENTIAL ARTISTS OF THE 20TH CENTURY, CITING HIS GROUNDBREAKING PHOTOGRAPHY AS WELL AS "HIS EXPLORATIONS OF FILM, PAINTING, SCULPTURE, COLLAGE, ASSEMBLAGE, AND PROTOTYPES OF WHAT WOULD EVENTUALLY BE CALLED PERFORMANCE ART AND CONCEPTUAL ART"
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