Duchampian News & Views
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A Pleasing Secret History: Andrei Codrescu’s Posthuman Dada Guide
April 3, 2009 Eli Epstein-Deutsch reviews Andrei Codrescu's new book, The Posthuman Dada Guide , which he calls, "a hard-edged, rapier-like volume, perfect for sliding into a back pocket of skinny hipster pants or stabbing into the complacent underbelly of bourgeois (or bourgeois-bohemian) society...it offers a headier-than-usual tour of the early-1900s avant-garde, sprinkled with sex appeal for the would-be MySpace-age revolutionary.".. read more... -
The Stettheimer Dollhouse
April 3, 2009 A new book, The Stettheimer Dollhouse, tells the fascinating story of the Stettheimer Dollhouse. The dollhouse was built over nearly two decades by Carrie Walter Stettheimer, starting in the 1920s. What makes the dollhouse extraordinary is that all the art on its walls consists of minature versions of famous paintings. Stettheimer knew many of the great artists of her time personally, so these reproductions are often by the original artist. One s.. read more... -
“The Quick and the Dead” at the Walker Art Center
April 3, 2009 From April 25 to September 27,The Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, MN will show the exhibit "The Quick and the Dead" which focuses on the history of conceptual art. The exhibit "juxtaposes a core group of works from the 1960s and ‘70s with more recent examples that might only loosely qualify as conceptual" and includes many works that have never been shown before. It also includes work by Marcel Duchamp as well as other innovators in the.. read more... -
Marcel Duchamp & l’erotisme
March 27, 2009The new book "Marcel Duchamp & l’érotisme gathers the "contributions of international art historians and critics for a symposium on the theme Marcel Duchamp & erotisme in Orleans University, France" in 2005. The book is available only in French.
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Experimental Dada Films
March 27, 2009Click on the link to view experimental Dada films by Hans Richter, Marcel Duchamp, and Viking Eggeling
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Modern Art Explained
March 27, 2009
:What Do You Think?The Times online is asking readers for their opinions on Marcel Duchamp’s 1917 work Fountain. The Times encourages readers to email their opinion on the ground-breaking art and will publish a selection of the responses, along with comments by an expert. Click on the link to view other’s comments or submit you own.
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Mathieu Briand’s
March 27, 2009 The artist Mathieu Brand has created the exhibtion "In Memorial of Albert Hofman 1906-2008" as an homage to Hofman, the scinetist who created LSD. The exhibition seeks to "challenge all the senses" while also developing parallels between Hofman and various artists, including Marcel Duchamp. It features many works which are homages to works by Duchamp including "Holy Stability", which is made of a scale with a Bible on one side and a c.. read more...
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Andrei Codrescu interview on WSN Radio
March 27, 2009Andrei Codrescu, the author of the new book "The Posthuman Dada Guide" was interviewed by WSN Radio. He is the author of 40 books of essays, poetry, and fiction and the winner of a Peabody award for the PBS version of his book Road Scholar. His new book is an encylopedic look at the history of Dada and a "guide for instructing posthumans in living a Dada life." Click on the link to here the interview.
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Poem about Marcel Duchamp
March 27, 2009An online poetry contest features a poem about Marcel Duchamp. The poem, titled "Little Triolet with Toilet", references the work of Marcel Duchamp as well as the surrealist Meret Oppenheimer.
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