Man will be most perfect when trained to the limit of his capacity. Art actually performs such a training by trying to bring about the most far-reaching new contacts between the familiar and the as yet unknown optical, acoustical and other functional phenomena
— Lazlo Moholy-Nagy
From“Production-Reproduction,” written by Moholy-Nagy and of immense importance for subsequent theories of photography as a form of art, and by extension art in general.Walter Benjamin read it and was highly influenced.
Photogram by Moholy Nagy
The Hungarian artist László Moholy-Nagy is a world-famous figure and embodiment of the utopian spirit of twentieth-century avant-garde. Art, painter, sculptor, photographer, film-maker, designer, typographer, art theoretician, but also an architect of exhibitions, advertising man, stage designer, tireless teacher. As a most versatile artist he had a radically experimental practice.
His photographs, films and photograms were of such significance that they have transformed our thinking about art.
Colé Opto Folding Screen may recall New York skyline.
Opto Folding Screen, Le Bon Marché Paris installation.
Opto folding screen with Loka armchair and Sushi Kart, all products by Colé
Installation in a shop window, Via Spiga 30, Milan
Opto at Spazio Pontaccio, Milan
