Ralph Steiner's "H20": simple signficance, abstract beauty
Afterimage, Summer 1979, v. 7, no. 1&2, pp. 10-11
This article celebrates Ralph Steiner’s early film H20, a 1929 film that gestures beautifully towards abstraction. Writer Scott Hammen finds it the most successful of Steiner’s early films and laments its lack of widespread fame, questioning how Steiner’s career may have differed had there been real support for abstract filmmaking in America.
ITEM 1979.058 – available for viewing in the Research Centre
Videos, Artworks and Artists Cited
H20 – Ralph Steiner
Manhatta – Paul Strand, Charles Sheeler
Surf and Seaweed – Ralph Steiner
Mechanical Principles – Ralph Steiner
Emak Bakia – Man Ray
The Plow That Broke The Plains – Pare Lorentz
A Look At Laundry – Ralph Steiner