Schwarz, Arturo. The Complete Works of Marcel Duchamp 2 vols. New York: Delano Greenridge Editions, Visiting The Met? Dust Breeding Man Ray. Citation Rosenthal, Nan. Marcel Duchamp. In spite of this, his fame continued to grow; the Dadaists considered him one of them as did the Surrealists, who celebrated his break with art and his choice of life-style, noisily spreading his views, although Duchamp himself, in fact, made little of them.
It was not so much his work as his life that was put forward as an example of perfect moral strictness. In his absurd objects the authentic poetry of black humour was seen, and behind his themes a consistent metaphysical attitude. All this, however, did not deflect him from the life he had chosen. In spite of his constant support of Surrealism, he never went back to its views. Even so, during the s, Duchamp was one of the more visible surrealist artists.
He was heavily involved in the establishment of major surrealist exhibitions in Paris and also in New York , for which he also contributed an innovative piece of installation art. In , he produced some drawings and engravings, that were both humorous and erotic, made up of details from famous works, including: Rodin's The Kiss , Ingres' The Turkish Bath , Courbet's Woman in White Stockings.
Others took up the themes of the Mariee , or of love. The first edition of the Boite en Valise , which contained, in a miniature form, his main works one example in the Musee National d'Art Moderne, Paris , appeared in A philosopher who strayed briefly into the plastic arts, Duchamp adopted a way of life that embodied the prime philosophical virtue: freedom.
Legacy and Influence on Contemporary Art. Duchamp died in In , his Fountain was voted the most influential artwork of the 20th century by artists and art critics in Britain. Although he is considered one of the masters of modern art, his work esp. It is after all, difficult to get enthusiastic about a bicycle wheel or a urinal. David Lomas. Margaret Iversen. The graphic trace is a hybrid type of representation: it takes from the index a registration of something unique — ….
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Main menu additional Become a Member Shop. In Tate Modern. In Tate Britain. Prints and Drawings Rooms 1 artworks by Marcel Duchamp. Artist biography Wikipedia entry. Read full Wikipedia entry. Cubism Dada. Artworks Left Right. Marcel Duchamp Fountain , replica On display at Tate Modern part of Materials and Objects. Marcel Duchamp Fresh Widow , replica View by appointment. Marcel Duchamp Coffee Mill Marcel Duchamp Wedge of Chastity , cast Duchamp's artistic life spanned several decades, during which he reinvented his art time and again, often offending critics' sensibilities along the way.
Duchamp spent most of those years alternating between Paris and New York. Nude Descending a Staircase No. Bicycle Wheel was the first of Duchamp's "readymades": primarily manufactured objects with one or two minor tweaks to the form.
In Bicycle Wheel , the fork and wheel of a bicycle are mounted on a stool. The Bride Stripped Bare by her Bachelors, Even or The Large Glass to is a two-paned glass window with an image assembled out of lead foil, fuse wire, and dust.
The upper panel illustrates an insect-like bride and the lower panel features the silhouettes of nine suitors, shooting their attention in her direction. The work broke during shipment in ; Duchamp repaired it about a decade later, saying, "It's a lot better with the breaks. There is a rumor that The Fountain was not submitted to the New York Independents Art Show by Duchamp, but rather by the Baroness Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven, another Dada artist who played with gender and performance art and was among the more outrageous characters of the New York art scene.
While the original is long gone, there are 17 copies in different museums around the world, all assigned to Duchamp. In , Duchamp publicly renounced art, saying he would spend his life on chess. He was very good at chess and was on several French chess tournament teams. He also continued to produce readymades. Etant donnes was Duchamp's last work.
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