Vortex (detail), 1933, Edward W. Quigley. Gelatin silver print. Getty Museum. © Estate of Edward W. Quigley
Abstracted Light: Experimental Photography
GETTY CENTER
Upcoming, August 20 - November 24
West Pavilion, Lower Level
Free
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Abstract imagery made with experimental lighting effects was of great interest to avant-garde photographers from the 1920s to the ‘50s. This exhibition features photographs by international artists devoted to the practice, including László Moholy-Nagy, Francis Bruguière, Man Ray, Tōyō Miyatake, Asahachi Kono, and Jaromír Funke. The selection of works demonstrates the dynamic interplay between still photography, experimental film, and the dazzling time-based artworks by Thomas Wilfred called “Lumia instruments.”