BRIEFLY : Arts: Photos by Surrealist Man Ray Displayed at College

An exhibit of photographs by the surrealist Man Ray will be on display through April 23 at the Santa Monica College Photography Gallery.

Great writers and Paris society were among the subjects Man Ray photographed during the 1920s and ‘30s. Man Ray, who died in 1976, was also known as one of the most important artists of the Dada and surrealist movements. He recorded the lives of the rich and famous, including Gertrude Stein, Ernest Hemingway, Salvador Dali and Aldous Huxley.

Joseph Browner, a Culver City resident and brother of the late Juliet Man Ray, Man Ray’s wife, has been the curator of Man Ray photographic exhibits across the country since 1990. He set up the Santa Monica exhibit, which opened two weeks ago.

“(Juliet) said she would like Americans to know Man Ray as an American artist, a creator of ideas,” said Browner, 72. Although Man Ray was celebrated in Europe, his work is not quite as well-known in his native country. The best way to carry out her wish, said Browner, “was to put on these shows.”

Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday, and 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday. The gallery is closed April 9 through 17. Information: (310) 450-5150, Ext. 9550.