the man who turned the world inside out, smashed it and turned it over again.
he changed my entire concept for art when i studied him in sophomore year. anything can be appreciated, even a beat-up disgusting toilet and how a name/title of an artwork/object can immediately lead you to see things out of ordinary.
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fountain 1917
Walter Arensberg used to comment on this piece, "A lovely form has been revealed, freed from its functional purpose, therefore someone has clearly made an aesthetic contribution."
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| bicycle wheel 1913 |
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| bottle rack or hedgehog 1914 |
Marcel Duchamp 28 July 1887 – 2 October 1968
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