Z II by László Moholy-Nagy was created in 1925. The painting is in Museum of Modern Art, New York. The size of the work is 95,4 x 75,1 cm and is made as an oil on canvas.
In this work, made while he was teaching at the Bauhaus, Moholy-Nagy explored the intersection of abstract elements in abstract space. Broken forms, in varying degrees of transparency, slide past each other on illusory spatial planes, illustrating the artist’s longtime interest in the function and effects of light. In these years Moholy-Nagy also experimented with photography—a medium closely aligned with the credo of the Bauhaus: “Art and Technology: A New Unity.” These photographic investigations informed his painting process, which he reimagined as an art not of pigment but of light. Read more in Museum of Modern Art, New York.
About the Artist: Hungarian painter and photographer László Moholy-Nagy László Weisz in Bácsborsód. He was highly influenced by constructivism and a strong advocate of the integration of technology and industry into the arts. László attended a gymnasium school in the city of Szeged, which was the second-largest city in the country. Initially he wanted to become a writer or poet, and in 1911 some of his poems were published in local daily newspapers. Starting in 1913, he studied law at the University of Budapest… Read more
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