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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Interview with Lee Chong Wei I recently did an interview with Lee Chong Wei and I am pleased to announce that it is finally ready for posting. He is not only a great badminton player but also a really nice and humble guy. He is in my view‚ a role model for all kids‚ teens and adults alike. Hope you will enjoy this interview as much as we do. You might get some inspiration from his story and could one day become a great player yourself. Anything is possible when you have the will! :) I would
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Per Lao-Tzu’s “wu wei” if you can master the art of doing nothing‚ then you can achieve anything you desire. As perplexing and difficult as it may seem to comprehend‚ Lao-Tzu’s “wu wei” didn’t exactly mean to literally do nothing‚ but rather let nature take course. Act on what nature entails relatively than what you desire. When you do more‚ you attain less so mastering the art of doing less you achieve more‚ one of the major ways to learn how to achieve more is to stop worrying‚ learning to accept
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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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was ridiculous and they did not understand it and thought it an insult of sorts. Shortly after its first and only exhibit‚ the Fountain just happened to vanish. This particular piece was one of the more remembered pieces of these ready-mades that Duchamp produced. Other artists from 1850‚ which was the beginning of the Avant Garde Movement‚ to approximately 1970‚ also had well known pieces of art that was displayed to the elite‚ rich‚ and upper class viewers‚ including Andy Warhol‚ Rockefeller and
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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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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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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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“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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book to read provided that I am not fond of reading and that the only series that I have ever read‚ of course aside from text books‚ is the Harry Potter series. I was able to collect seven book titles but trimmed it down to three – Shanghai Baby by Wei Hui‚ Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach‚ and Nights in Rodanthe by Nicholas Sparks. Fortunately‚ my pick‚ first on the list‚ has been approved. This is a book recommended by an officemate‚ who happens to be a batch mate and a good friend as
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