No artist of the twentieth century has aroused more passion and controversy. Duchamp and the aesthetics of chance columbia university. Marcel duchamp has 64 books on goodreads with 4271 ratings. With so many recent books on the artist, including a nearly definitive biography duchamp, lj 1296 and a newly revised catalogue raisonn the complete works of marcel duchamp, lj 91597, one may question the need for a volume ostensibly focusing on the. For this assisted which implied a degree of manipulation as opposed to the unassisted readymade, duchamp penciled a moustache and a goatee over mona lisas upper lip and chin, and retitled the artwork. Duchamps ongoing preoccupation with the mechanisms of desire and human sexuality as well as his fondness for wordplay aligns his. Marcel duchamp art monographs and museum exhibition catalogs.
While he is often cited as the most influential artist of his generation and is seen by many to be the progenitor of much of the conceptual. Find an indepth biography, exhibitions, original artworks for sale, the latest news, and sold auction prices. The art of making art in the age of mechanical reproduction 9780810963344. Nonetheless, as jacquelynn baas stunningly demonstrates in a book full of surprises, a whole area of nourishment of his art has been overlooked. Naumann is an independent art historian specializing in the dada and surrealist periods. Marcel duchamp and the art of life the mit press jacquelynn baas on. Marcel duchamp, mere artist the creative act by marcel duchamp let us consider two important factors, the two poles of the creation of art. Marcel came from an artistic family and was the brother of the sculptor raymond duchamp villon, suzanne duchamp, the poet, and half brother of the painter jacques villon. He was also quite playful, worked slowly, and saw laziness as a good thing. Mutt as an artwork to the exhibition of the society of independent artists in new york. This book is a collection of transcriptions from a series of interviews between writer calvin tomkins and artist marcel duchamp. Duchamps output influenced the development of postworld war i western art. Duchamp remained for the author not only a subject and until the artist s death, in.
Jacquelynn baas through extensive research and divine knowledge has unlocked the key to the art of life as practiced by marcel duchamp. After the sensation caused by nude descending a staircase, no. The frenchamerican artist marcel duchamp 18871968 was an innovator, working across mediums such as painting, sculpture, collages, short films, body art, and found objects. Associated with the dada, surrealist, cubist, and futurist movements, marcel duchamp radically subverted conventional practices of artmaking and display, challenging such weighty notions as the hand of the artist and the sanctity of the art object. Tomkinss duchamp profile led to his receiving an assignment for a monograph on the artist from the timelife library of art. Yet a complete portrait of duchamp and his multiple influences draws a different picture.
Marcel duchamp dawn ades, david hopkins, neil cox on. Marcel duchamp artist, fine art prices, auction records. Marcel duchamp was born in 1887, in blainville, a small town near rouen, france and died in paris 81 years later, in 1968. This biography provides detailed information about his childhood, life. In 1964, calvin tomkins spent a number of afternoons interviewing marcel duchamp in his apartment on west 10th street in new york. This outstanding book is superbly written and serves as a guild for expounding on the way mindful artists observe the world and respond accordingly. In league with max ernst, francis picabia, hans arp, man ray, and kurt schwitters, duchamp held to the dada credo that everything the artist spits out is art.
Duchamps depiction of dynamic cubist forms in nude descending a staircase no. The 1959 publication of marcel duchamp was the result of a long and careful collaboration between duchamp, robert lebel, and the publishers. Since 1914 marcel duchamp has been called all of these. Known as both a pioneer and a troublemaker, duchamp is associated with several modern art movements. A revealing account of an artist whose enduring obsession with chance and coincidence shaped both his life and work, marcel duchamp illuminates one of the most important and influential figures in all of modern art. Did the 20th centurys cleverest artist play a great joke on history, asks. Marcel duchamps most popular book is the writings of marcel duchamp. Paris a nomadic but steady hand is clearly sensed in marcel duchamp s work. For all those interested in duchamp and his enormous influence on modern art, this book is required reading. Let us consider two important factors, the two poles of the creation of art.
His forthcoming research explores the reproduction and reception of duchamp s readymades in 1964. Evidence suggests the famous urinal fountain, attributed to marcel. Q is an altered postcard reproduction of leonardo da vincis mona lisa. Duchamp is noted for his cubistfuturist painting nude descending a staircase, depicting continuous action with a series of overlapping figures. Chess championship, he organized the exhibition marcel duchamp. This is an incomplete list of works by the french artist marcel duchamp 28 july 1887 2 october 1968, painter, sculptor, chess player, and writer whose work is associated with cubism, conceptual art, and dada duchamp is commonly regarded, along with pablo picasso and henri matisse, as one of the three artists who helped to define the revolutionary developments in the plastic arts in the.
In the accompanying artists book for hinge pictures, each artist alters excerpts from duchamps original text using vellum overlays that they have changed in some way using color, another. Ranging from the munich period and the development of thereadymades to the last. Rencontre avec marcel duchamp by ashton, dore, duchamp, marcel, cotensin, patrice and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. One hundred years after his birth, marcel duchamp remains an enigma. Duchamp believed strongly in doing work that was free from tradition and starting with as much of a blank slate as possible. Marcel duchamp 28 july 1887 2 october 1968 was a french artist whose work is most often associated with the dadaist and surrealist movements. By challenging the very notion of what is art, his first readymades sent shock waves across the art world that can still be felt today. No book in a long while has made me think as deeply about art as has calvin tomkins excellent biography of marcel duchamp. These elevenillustrated essays explore the structure and meaning of duchamps work as part of an ongoingcritical enterprise that has just begun. Biography of marcel duchamp, modern art revolutionary. Duchamps brothers were gaston, known as jacques villon, a painter, and raymond duchampvillon, a sculptor. Books by marcel duchamp author of the writings of marcel. Flower kept between the leaves of a book from related movement. Associated with cubism, dada, and surrealism, his invention of the readymade led him to produce some of the most iconic works of his era.
Marcel duchamp 1887 1968 was, without doubt, one of the most controversial artists of the twentieth century. Fan account of marcel duchamp, a french painter, sculptor, and writer whose work is associated with cubism, conceptual art and dada. When will the art world recognise the real artist behind. When will the art world recognise the real artist behind duchamps. Marcel duchamp july 28, 1887 october 2, 1968, french. Adding to the veritable industry of publications devoted to the artist. Auping, michael introduction by and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. List of books and articles about marcel duchamp online.
Marcel duchamp works from the john and mable ringling museum of art company by duchamp, marcel. Marcel duchamp was one of the most influential artists of the 20th century. See available prints and multiples, sculpture, and works on paper for sale and learn about the artist. Marcel duchamp was a famous frenchamerican painter, writer, sculptor and chess player. Marcel duchamp s most popular book is the writings of marcel duchamp.
Duchamp, wanting to submit an artwork to the unjuried society of independent artists salon in new yorkwhich claimed that they would accept any work of art, so long as the artist paid the application feepresented an upsidedown urinal signed and dated with the appellation r. Artist page for marcel duchamp 18871968 born in blainville, normandy, duchamp was the son of a notary and the younger brother of the painter jacques villon and the cubist sculptor raymond duchampvillon. Drawing on the artists own correspondence as well as interviews, parisbased curator and art critic caroline cros explores the creative processes behind. Chess master at the saint louis university museum of art. Few artists can boast of having changed the course of art history in the way that marcel duchamp did. A forthcoming book presents previously unpublished interviews with marcel duchamp from 1964 by. Marcel duchamp paints the body electric hyperallergic. As such, duchamps last day is an appropriately delightful au revoir to duchamp. Love it or hate it, marcel duchamps urinal revolutionised modern culture in 1917. Marcel duchamp sad young man on a train, 1911 left nude descending a staircase no. The art of painter and engraver emile frederic nicolle, his maternal grandfather, filled the house, and the family liked to play chess, read books, paint, and make music together of eugene and lucie duchamp s seven children, one died as an infant and four became. Marcel duchamp born henrirobertmarcel duchamp was born on july 28, 1887 in blainvillecrevon, france. Although his father was a notary, four of the seven duchamp children became artists.
Lebels analysis of duchamps oeuvre remains fresh to this day, as does the book s design, which was personally supervised by the artist. He advised modern art collectors, such as peggy guggenheim and other prominent figures, thereby helping to shape the tastes of western art during this period. Marcel came from an artistic family and was the brother of the sculptor raymond duchampvillon, suzanne duchamp, the poet, and half brother of the painter jacques villon. One hundred years ago, dada artist marcel duchamp forever changed the nature of art by anonymously submitting fountain in 1917, a porcelain urinal signed r. Casual yet insightful, duchamp reveals himself as a man and an artist whose playful principles toward living freed him to make art that was as unpredictable, complex, and surprising as life itself.
Taylor investigates the role of duchamp as the secret mastermind at decisive moments in art history. Sue taylor art in america a forthcoming book presents previously unpublished interviews with marcel duchamp from 1964 by longtime new yorker contributor calvin tompkins. From his infamous fountain to reworked mona lisa with mustache and beard, this essential introduction to duchamp. Find more works of this artist at best visual art database. Like the artist, it is amusing and a bit dry for example, chapter 6 details how duchamp had not yet paid for. Mayer 105 duchamp made his first big impression in the american art scene with his entry of nude descending the staircase at the 19 armory show in new york. Marcel duchamp, in full henrirobert marcel duchamp, born july 28, 1887, blainville, francedied october 2, 1968, neuilly, french artist who broke down the boundaries between works of art and everyday objects. Marcel duchamp was born at blainvillecrevon in normandy, france, and grew up in a family that enjoyed cultural activities.
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