{"product_id":"9781529300505-kiki-man-ray","title":"Kiki Man Ray","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eArt, Love and Rivalry in 1920s Paris\u003cbr\u003eThe story of Alice Prin, aka Kiki -- who captivated 1920s Paris -- and her tumultuous relationship with photographer Man Ray\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Exuberantly entertaining' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eNYT Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'M\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eark Braude's writing and subject make this book irresistible, as was Kiki herself.' \u003c\/b\u003eJim Jarmusch\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A delightful, marvelously readable, meticulously-researched romp of a book, \u003ci\u003eKiki Man Ray \u003c\/i\u003ebrings to life not just the kaleidoscopically talented Kiki herself, but the endlessly fascinating Montparnasse milieu over which she reigned.' \u003c\/b\u003eWhitney Scharer, author of \u003ci\u003eTHE AGE OF LIGHT\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThough many have never heard her name, Alice Prin - Kiki de Montparnasse - was the icon of 1920s Paris. She captivated as a ground-breaking nightclub performer, wrote a bestselling memoir, sold out exhibitions of her paintings, and shared drinks and ideas with the likes of \u003cb\u003ePablo Picasso, Peggy Guggenheim, and Marcel Duchamp.\u003c\/b\u003e She also shepherded along the career of a then-unknown American photographer: Man Ray.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFollowing Kiki in the years between 1921 and 1929, when she lived and worked with Man Ray, \u003ci\u003eKiki Man Ray\u003c\/i\u003e charts their complicated entanglement and reveals how Man Ray - always the unabashed careerist - went on to become one of the most famous photographers of the twentieth century, enjoying wealth and prestige, while Kiki's legacy was lost.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut this isn't a story of an overbearing male genius and his defeated muse. During the 1920s it was Kiki, not Man Ray, who was the brighter of the two rising stars and a powerful figure among the close-knit community of models, painters, writers and café wastrels who made their homes in gritty Montparnasse. Following the couple as they created art, struggled for power and competed for fame, \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKiki Man Ray\u003c\/i\u003e illuminates for the first time Kiki's seminal influence on the culture of 1920s Paris, and challenges ideas about artists and muses, and the lines separating the two.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Kiki de Montparnasse was more than a muse \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e-\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e she was a vivacious, independent woman whose talent and magnetism helped make Paris the center of the art world in the 1920s. In Mark Braude's riveting cultural history, the Queen of Montparnasse rises again. This is a lively and compassionate tribute to the chanteuse, model, and portraitist who held center stage in her life, and who inspired some of the finest Surrealist art of the twentieth century.' \u003c\/b\u003eHeather Clark, author of Pulitzer Prize-finalist Red Comet: The Short Life and Blazing Art of Sylvia Plath\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40856301895777,"sku":"9781529300505","price":10.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_27549188.jpg?v=1721952820","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781529300505-kiki-man-ray","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}