Duchampian News & Views

  • The surreal thing: Man Ray’s Paris

    “As an art groupie, I’ve always been a fan of the great Surrealist artist Man Ray and wanted to immerse myself in the neighbourhoods where he lived, created his art and socialized with friends who were often the subject of his work…”

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  • Metropolitan Museum Announces Master Photographer Exhibit in June

    "The exhibition concludes with the work of four artists who were significant in transforming photography into a modern visual language. The exhibition's photographs by Man Ray (1890–1976), for example, will capture the broad creative scope of his work in the 1920s and 1930s, including portraits of fellow artists Marcel Duchamp and Jean Cocteau; documentation of his own ephemeral sculptures; and photographs that reveal his dynamic experimentation with the plasticity of the m.. read more...
  • Pasadena Part II: Norton Simon Museum

    " ...We went to the Norton Simon Museum to see the Marcel Duchamp Redux exhibition... It was smaller than I expected but they had some good pieces on display. They had a set of four "rotoreliefs" that were best viewed in person. These were motor driven turntables that rotated an image to give the impression of a form in movement. I had seen the still images in books (such as the fish in a pond) but it was good to see them in motion." ... .. read more...
  • Histories and Theories of Intermedia

    Articles on Marcel Duchamp from University of Maine Intermedia MFA Program

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  • Student research at Savannah College of Art and Design:

    Britt Kirmes’ thesis statement about Duchamp

    “Marcel Duchamp is one of the most influential artists of his time because of his unique approach to art, integration of art and life, and ability to provoke thought within the viewer.”See her outline

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  • The fountain drawings

    “Mike Bidlo has concentrated his artistic energies on making a large number of drawings, each one different from the other, with Duchamp’s masterpiece as their subject, using a multitude of brushes, pencils and media.” …

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  • ELECTRACY

    “Marcel Duchamp (Dada artist) altered the classic Mona Lisa originally created by Leonardo Da Vinci during the Italian Renaissance. .. From looking at these (Dada) artworks, some similarities have been related in the progression of electronic literacy and digital art. As we live in the midst of a ‘Global Communication Revolution’, information, communication and technology have become so important that it continues to change and alter aspects of our daily lives.” …

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