Duchampian News & Views

Covering the Walls with History

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An ongoing exhibit of wallpaper in Lausanne highlights a provocative design by Swiss artist Rudolf Herz: alternating portraits of Marcel Duchamp and Adolf Hitler, both photographed by Heinrich Hoffmann. The wallpaper, called Zugzwang — a forced move in chess — has prompted comparisons between the two men, but the overall effect is less politically charged than it is meditative.

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