Taking a Look At Marcel Duchamp’s 1917 “The Fountain” Emily Lindeau ART 106 April 17‚ 2016 You walk into the gallery‚ pedistools every few feet and grand stretched canvases on the wall. As you round the corner you see a drammatic light hit the shiney porcelain bowl and you lose it‚ you just cant stop laughing. There sits Marcel Duchamp’s ‘Foutain’. Is this guy serious? He takes a urinal and places it upside down and suddenly its a work of art? Thats silly and seems almost
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Marcel Duchamp arrived in the United States less than two years prior to the creation of Fountain and had become involved with Dada‚ an anti-rational‚ anti-art cultural movement‚ in New York City. According to one version‚ the creation of Fountain began when‚ accompanied by artist Joseph Stella and art collector Walter Arensberg‚ he purchased a standard Bedfordshire model urinal from the J. L. Mott Iron Works‚ 118 Fifth Avenue. The artist brought the urinal to his studio at 33 West 67th Street‚ reoriented
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Pablo Picasso & Marcel Duchamp Pablo Picasso is one of the most influential artists of the 20th century. He was born in Spain but worked mainly in France‚ where he became the most well-known artist of his time. Picasso’s massive output of paintings‚ sculptures‚ drawings‚ prints and ceramics was inspired by many different sources. In the early 1900s‚ Picasso developed a movement that signified him‚ it was known as “cubism”. This movement marked the beginning of modernism. Marcel Duchamp has been known
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the usual ideas of what was ‘right’ or ‘allowed’. Artists were largely in this group. Marcel Duchamp and Yasumasa Morimura are examples of artists who appropriated other people‚ things and paintings in their work‚ to change their meanings‚ and either rebel against the norms of society‚ make a statement about issues affecting them and their culture‚ or to add humour to a once serious piece. Marcel Duchamp‚ born in France in 1887‚ to an artistic family‚ was an expressive artist who was able to
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to reach a wider audience at a lower cost‚ and many artists used this to their full advantage. Of course‚ there very different responses to this. In the 20th century‚ Marcel Duchamp created the term “readymade”. A “readymade” was an ordinary mass-produced object transformed into an artwork merely by the choice of an artist. Duchamp was the inspiration for the Conceptual art movement and challenged the notion of art as being aesthetically beautiful. In contrast‚ the textile designer William Morris
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Marcel Duchamp was an innovative groundbreaking artist who during his lifetime continually pushed the boundaries of the current art scene. Due to his pioneering in art‚ he had a definitive influence upon artistic styles to come. Duchamp is typically grouped in to the Dadaist or Surrealist movements‚ however his involvement in the art world is worth more than just being placed into a category. In particular‚ his work “The Bride Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors‚ Even” or “The Large Glass” shows just
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“The Duchampian Influence” Marcel Duchamp. In 1913 a French artist mounted a bicycle wheel on a stool‚ and changed the art world forever. Duchamp is arguably the most influential artist of the twenty-century‚ his influence is not always obvious or dominate however the underlying acceptance of radical freedom of action and thought that is concurrent in artists practice can always be traced back to Duchamp. Duchamp was a French artist who was a part of the Dada movement‚ a modern art movement
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artworks and artists but Marcel Duchamp is believed to be a major twentieth-century artist and have played a big role in the art world. ‘The concept of art‚ and the course of art history‚ was irreversible changed as a consequence’ (of ‘Fountain’) (Podstolski) He changed the ideas about the traditional nature of art when he entered his work Fountain in 1919 using the name Mr R. Mutt to the Society of Independent Artists Exhibition‚ New York. It was refused entry‚ but Duchamp argued the case – ‘Whether
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regarded as great ideas. Artists such as Marcel Duchamp‚ Andy Warhol and Kara Walker are all significant memorable artists that have a tendency to disregard high art and produce works that break down conventional ideas of the time. These outrageous and opposing perspectives of the time period have been developed via conceptual art practises that intend to challenge attitudes and values of popular culture which in turn have been great ideas. Marcel Duchamp was a post-modernist whose approach to art
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and successfully create art that resonates best to their abilities and personalities. In this essay‚ I will present arguments and facts that will support my belief that it is of an artist’s advantage to be knowledgeable in more than one medium. Marcel Duchamp is possibly one of the artists that could attest to the truth that knowledge in different media of art helps with an artist’s journey. As
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