The diverse career of the Hungarian-born László Moholy-Nagy (1895-1946), painter, photographer, sculpture, designer, filmmaker and prolific writer, is celebrated for the first time in nearly 50 years in the United States, and is currently presented by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) in a retrospective organized with the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, and the Art Institute of Chicago.
On display are approximately 300 works including paintings sculptures, drawings, collages, photographs, photograms, photomontages, films as well as examples of graphic exhibition, and theater designs.
Viewing art as a vehicle for social transformation, Moholy incorporated technology into traditional methods and materials, creating pathbreaking artistic innovations.
Ahead of his time, the artist experimented with cameraless photography, the use of industrial materials in paintings and sculpture, research with light, movement and transparency, work at the forefront of abstraction, fluidity in moving between the fine and applied arts, and the conception of creative production as a multimedia endeavor which, radical for his time, are now incorporated into contemporary art practice.
Using his Light Space Modulator, Moholy studied the movement of lights and shadows. His observations helped formulate moving image theories critical in the development of digital imagery mediums and design.
The exhibit is currently on view through June 18, 2017, at Art of the Americas Building, 5905 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90036. For more information call (323) 857-6000 or visit http://www.lacma.org
