Description
When is a urinal no longer a urinal? When Marcel Duchamp (1887-1968) declared it to be art. The uproar that greeted the French artist's Fountain (1917), a porcelain urinal installed in a gallery, sent shock waves through the art world establishment that reverberate right through to today. This essential introduction distills all the daring and the scandal of Duchamp's practice into one essential overview not only of a pioneering creative but also of a critical moment in Western culture. From his groundbreaking blend of abstraction, Cubism, and Futurism in Nude Descending a Staircase (1912) to his forays into the now-iconic "readymades" such as Bicycle Wheel (1913) and Bottle Rack (1914) we explore how Duchamp consistently challenged the notion of what art is and, in so doing, opened up a world of conceptual possibilities beyond the "retinal" experience.
Author: Janis Mink
Publisher: Taschen
Published: 11/11/2016
Pages: 96
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 10.30h x 8.50w x 0.50d
ISBN13: 9783836534321
ISBN10: 3836534320
BISAC Categories:
- Art | Individual Artists | Monographs
- Art | History | Modern (Late 19th Century to 1945)
- Art | European
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