Permanent Attraction: Man Ray & Chess

‘Artist Man Ray combined flashes of inspiration with methodical application. No wonder that he was drawn to the game of chess, which demands both. It was Larry List’s inspired idea to investigate the chess-related aspects of Man Ray’s multifaceted career, and he has plumbed the subject with a thoroughness worthy of the master, giving us many enlightening—and entertaining—insights.’ - ARTHUR LUBOW, contributor to the New York Times and the New Yorker, author of Man Ray: The Artist and His Shadows
‘Larry List is the chess grandmaster of Man Ray studies, and Permanent Attraction is jam-packed with championship-level scholarship.’ - MARK POLIZZOTTI, author of Revolution of the Mind: The Life of Andre Breton and Why Surrealism Matters
‘Beautifully written and meticulously researched, this book fills the last remaining gap in Man Ray scholarship. It is a must-read for anyone interested in the history of modern art and chess.’ - MICHAEL R. TAYLOR, Artistic Director of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts and Curator of Man Ray: The Paris Years, and Marcel Duchamp: Étant donnés

Larry List is an independent writer and curator of Dada, Surreal and chess-related art. His exhibitions include The Imagery of Chess Revisited, The Art of Chess, Man Ray & Sherrie Levine, and John Cage & Glenn Kaino. He has written catalogue essays for the Noguchi Museum, the Menil Collection, the Tate Modern, the Andy Warhol Museum, and many others.

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