Franciszka & Stefan Themerson
Franciszka & Stefan Themerson
January 23, 2014
Untitled, Collage of six enlarged frames from Europa (1932) © Themerson Estate
The exhibition is dedicated to vintages prints, photo-grammes and photo montages preserved from before the war.
Franciszka and Stefan Themerson were among the first to experiment with photo-grammes, developing their own technique. Stefan produced an animated film table, with a glass plate and thin, see-through paper, on which different items could be placed. Franziska would move and light the items, while Stefan photographed the resulting abstract forms and the interplay of the light from underneath.
The couple used this technique of photographing photo-grammes for their films, and were consequently compared with artists such as Man Ray and László Moholy-Nagy.
Further information at: Berinson
Untitled, Collage of six enlarged frames from Europa (1932) © Themerson Estate
Untitled, ca. 1930, collage of halftone & vintage print cut-outs © Themerson Estate
Enlarged frame from Europa (1932) © Themerson Estate
19 Years After 1919 (study for Europa, 1932), 1929-1931, photomontage © Themerson Estate