Article: The Art Institute to display Moholy-Nagy photographs

Some 120 vintage photographs by Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, who was at the forefront of the German avant-garde, go on display at the Art Institute today in an exhibition called Moholy-Nagy: Photography and Film in Weimar Germany. Moholy-Nagy is perhaps best known for his geometric compositions and his unusual use of perspective.

Born in Hungary in 1895, Moholy-Nagy was a self-taught painter, designer and typographer. He eventually came to believe art should reflect the workings of society rather than the imagination and method of the artist. He then chose photography as his primary medium, believing it to be most appropriate for what he wanted to express: life in an era of industrialization.

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