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Imre Kinszki — Self-Portrait in Reflection of Car Headlight
Imre Kinszki

Self-Portrait in Reflection of Car Headlight

A striking example of interwar avant-garde photography, this gelatin silver print captures Imre Kinszki's own reflection distorted and curved within the convex surface of a car headlight. The circular form of the headlight acts as a funhouse mirror, compressing and warping the artist's image while simultaneously framing it like a porthole into another dimension. The work exemplifies Kinszki's masterful exploration of everyday objects as vehicles for surreal self-examination and formal experimentation.

Medium
Gelatin silver print.

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The Odyssey of Collecting: Photographs from Joy of Giving Something Foundation

October 3, 2017

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Imre Kinszki, Self-Portrait in Reflection of Car Headlight

A striking example of interwar avant-garde photography, this gelatin silver print captures Imre Kinszki's own reflection distorted and curved within the convex surface of a car headlight. The circular form of the headlight acts as a funhouse mirror, compressing and warping the artist's image while simultaneously framing it like a porthole into another dimension. The work exemplifies Kinszki's masterful exploration of everyday objects as vehicles for surreal self-examination and formal experimentation.

Medium
Gelatin silver print.
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Amateur Master, Modernist Style, Male Artist, Bauhaus Influence, Intimate Mood, Silver Gelatin Print, Hungarian Photographer, Experimental Composition, Modernist Master, Self-Portrait, Reflective Surface, Avant-Garde Photography, Interwar Era, Black and White

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