MoMA Exhibits Book/Shelf

September 10, 2008 March 26-July 7, 2008 "Book/Shelf begins with Marcel Duchamp's Unhappy Readymade (1919), a work created when the artist, while traveling, instructed his sister back home to hang a geometry book on her balcony and to let the wind flip and tear the pages. The artist explained, "The wind had to go through the book, choose its own problems, turn and tear out the pages." The piece-destroyed in the process of its .. read more...

The Cool School’

September 10, 2008

"Documentary. Directed by Morgan Neville. (Not rated. 86 minutes. At the Roxie.)"

"In 1963, Hopps gave his stake in Ferus to Blum so he could become director of the Pasadena Art Museum, where he staged the first American retrospective devoted to Marcel Duchamp (1887-1968), whose influence was again on the rise. The event put Los Angeles and Hopps on the national art map. “…

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Marcel Duchamp and John Cage

September 10, 2008

” ‘Dreams that Money can Buy’ : a film by Hans Richter with many artists. This is a Duchamp’s fragment with music by John Cage.”…

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Man Ray workshop

September 10, 2008

At the Pinacothèque de Paris, from March 5 to June 1, 2008
“The Pinacotheque in Paris presents an unprecedented retrospective of works by Man Ray. For the first time, all aspects of the creation of the artist will be unveiled. An exceptional selection of works including drawings, photographs, paintings, sculptures, objects and personal images directly from the Man Ray Trust (Long Island, New York). “

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Entr’acte

September 10, 2008 "Originally played as an intermission with no sound, this film is now a must for any fan/historian of fine art. Featuring cameos by Man Ray, Marcel Duchamp, and other notables, Clair and Picabia's dada collage of different narratives, experimental use of the camera, and surrealist and absurdist images is the best example of experimental or dadaist films from the period. As unusual as it is to watch a film with no sound, the images created by the artists provide an extremely u.. read more...

The Man Ray Trust official web site

September 10, 2008

Galeries Virtuelles
“These virtual galleries offer a course set of themes (hands)
of the photographer Man Ray. Choose a gallery …
to sail in the space. The galleries use Java technology and do not
function on Macintosh. Plug-In flash is necessary to visualize
the objets3D." …

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Marcel Duchamp and Maya Deren Second Part

September 10, 2008 Witch's Cradle 1943, Director: Maya Deren (1917-1961) Cast: Marcel Duchamp, B&W (incomplete) "Witch's Cradle, a choreographed set of movements between the figure (played by Duchamp) and the camera. The film was intended to be an exploration of the magical qualities of objects in Peggy Guggenheim's Art of this Century Gal.. read more...

Marcel Duchamp and Maya Deren First Part

September 10, 2008 "Maya Deren (April 29, 1917, Kiev - October 13, 1961, New York City), born Eleanora Derenkowsky, was an American avant-garde filmmaker and film theorist of the 1940s and 1950s. Deren was also a choreographer, dancer, poet, writer and photographer. Also in 1943, Deren began making a film with Marcel Duchamp, The Witches' Cradle, which was never completed. At that time her social circle included the likes of André Breton, Marcel Duchamp, John Cage, and Anaïs Nin." .. read more...

On Collecting Picabia’s Writings and the Translation of His Major Poetry and Manifestos

September 10, 2008 "DADA kisses in the spring water and its kisses must be the contact of water with fire," Picabia, Philosophical Dada, 1920""I had just turned off a narrow passageway onto a deserted street in an old district of Paris, a street that would have difficulty accommodating two-way traffic. The concrete and granite on both sides ran high, as the facades of apartment buildings or walls that led to courtyards. A white-haired man was walking away from me down the mi.. read more...