Circles

A pioneering figure in the development of Czech modernist photography during the 1920s and 1930s, Jaroslav Rössler began his career as an apprentice to František Drtikol, whose work is on display nearby. With time, he developed an approach to the medium that boldly incorporated modernist sensibilities from Cubism and Constructivism, frequently experimenting with untraditional techniques such as montage, multiple exposure, and, in this work, cameraless photography. Like much of his work from the 1920s, this photogram transforms banal objects—wine glasses—into a dynamic abstract composition.