Jan 13 • GUARDS
Man Ray's clean kill.
Here is my critique as a Guardian.
Man Ray’s critique is a clean kill because it checks all five stars of a great critique:
🌟 Reasonable: He critiques uniformity, not technique.
🌟 Relevant: Dada and Surrealism emerged as reactions against discipline, hierarchy, and obedience.
🌟 Punctual: The army metaphor hits instantly. No explanation needed.
🌟 Creative: Exaggeration is used to expose ideology, not individuals.
🌟 Humorous (dark): The insult is sharp, playful, and impersonal.
Classic ballet was historically shaped to serve royal power: orchestras as disciplined forces, the maestro as commander, dancers as symbols of order and hierarchy. Man Ray, as a Dada pioneer, speaks from within a movement born to resist exactly this structure.
Kill his critique and guard synchronized discipline if you can.
Interviewed by Keith Dewhurst in 1972.
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