Duchampian News & Views
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Pasadena Part II: Norton Simon Museum
September 11, 2008 " ...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
September 11, 2008Articles on Marcel Duchamp from University of Maine Intermedia MFA Program
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Francis Picabia : The Chess-Theory Virtual Art Museum
September 11, 2008Also go to Picabia’s BIO
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Student research at Savannah College of Art and Design:
September 11, 2008Britt 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
September 11, 2008“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
September 11, 2008“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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Surrealist Enrico Donati Dies at 99
September 11, 2008“Enrico Donati, an Italian-born American painter and sculptor considered by many in the art world to be the last of the Surrealists, died at his home in Manhattan Enrico Donati (b.1909) was an American Surrealist painter and sculptor of Italian birth…he was clearly drawn to Surrealism. This was reinforced by meeting André Breton and coming into contact with Duchamp and the other European Surrealists in New York at the time.” …
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Artwork Censored …like Duchamp’s urinal. Yale erred in banning Shvarts’ art
September 11, 2008 "....Unfortunately, the (Yale) University has banned her work from the Senior Project Show, making a first-hand encounter with Shvarts' work impossible. The University has decided not to allow the rest of us make up our own minds. I am considerably more troubled by their action than by hers. ..For the University to ban Aliza Shvarts' artwork, to deny the rest of us the opportunity to make up our own minds, is to abdicate this 'special responsibility.' The University should ad.. read more...