| August 25, 2002 |
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Making Sense of Marcel Duchamp
Marcel  Duchamp stretched the boundaries of art further than anyone before him. He practically invented abstract modern art and conceptual art. And he did all this with a hearty sense of humor -- after all, this is the man who drew a mustache on the Mona Lisa and said a urinal could be art! In the early 1900s Duchamp began painting, influenced by Cezanne and the Symbolist movement. He soon turned to Cubism, but he also took the opportunity to mock its pretensions. Around this time, he began to ask "Can one make works of art which are not 'art'?" His "readymades" from 1915-1923 answered the question by combining prefab objects, assemblages, and altered images in ways that provoked the observer to participate and think. This site is as interactive as Duchamp's art -- you can spin the bicycle wheel, twist the standard stoppages, and immerse yourself in art that is unconcerned with imitating reality. (in Arts & Humanities > Artists) |
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