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Florence Henri
Mirror of the Avant-Gardes 1927-40
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Florence Henri's work occupied a central place in the world of avant-garde photography in the late 1920s, and this survey pays homage to her essential, but under-recognized contribution. This comprehensive publication offers an unprecedented overview of Henri's work, produced between 1927 and 1940, and includes her iconic self-portraits and still lifes as well as lesserknown portraits of her contemporaries, photomontages, collages, and documentary work. Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, a supporter and her contemporary, is quoted as saying: "With Florence Henri's photos, photographic practice enters a new phase-the scope of which would have been unimaginable before today. Above and beyond the precise and exact documentary composition of these highly defined photos, research into the effects of light is tackled not only through abstract photograms, but also in photos of real-life subjects. . . . " Henri remains an inspiration for photographers, artists, and design enthusiasts who see her work as masterfully executed illustrations and experimentation in perspective and composition; a connective thread that is as relevant to today's experimentation with the medium as it was in its day.
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What Reviewers Are Saying
Henri's photographs radically charm the eye in their disorienting spatial compositions. - Hyperallergic
With Mirror of the avant-garde we are again reminded of art's long reflective past while already catching a glimpse of the electronic social media selfie world, currently ours, replete with its looping narcissistic circular causality. - Hyperallergic
Her visual investigations are excellent expressions of post-Cubist and Constructivist ideas, as reflections and spatial relationships, superposition and intersections are explored formally in black and white. - Hyperallergic
Florence Henri seemed to know and be rated by everyone in the world of the avant-garde in Europe in the teens and twenties of the 20th century. - Christie's