Readymades of Marcel Duchamp

During the movement there was many pieces created that could be considered the embodiment of the entire movement. But, the ready-mades and pieces created by Marcel Duchamp brought Dada into the spotlight and eventual acceptance into the contemporary art community. One famous piece created by Marcel Duchamp that shocked the world was the ready-made urinal titled, “The Fountain.” The piece was extremely sarcastic in nature and mocked previous sculptors (“Dada Movement, Artist...” 1). The…

author believes that Dada shows a sense of rationality. Surrounding the irrational thought of the war’s insurmountable deaths, artists took to verse and canvas in order to create a lucid thought of anarchy. Prior to World War 1, visual artists Marcel Duchamp and Salvador Dali were part of the Futuristic movement, but post-war dystopia fueled the direction of their craft to an iconoclastic realm of metaphor and realm of…

are Man Ray, Marcel Duchamp, Cindy Sherman, Yasumasa Morimura, Linda Nochlin, Carrie Mae Weems, Robert Mapplethorpe, and many others. Two famous photos that showed and went against gender roles in their time are Man Ray and Marcel Duchamp’s Marcel Duchamp as Rrose Selavy (1921) and Yasumasa Morimura’s Portrait (Futago) or Olympia (1999) More than one photo was created of Marcel Duchamp’s alter ego Rrose Selavy. Photographer Man Ray was the one who took the famous photo Marcel Duchamp as Rrose…

just one ideal way to paint and there is not a set of individuals that you are supposed to paint. An example that most of the individuals that were present at the exhibit were shocked at was the, “Nude Descending a Staircase” which was done by Marcel Duchamp, {Kleiner, 751}. This was one of the many paintings that received a lot of terrible reviews and hatred. Even though a good handful of the wealthy and the commoners laughed and said bad things about the art, it was actually a successful event…

Not Just a Waste Fountain, a porcelain urinal created in 1917, signed R. Mutt, was “made” by Marcel Duchamp (Howarth). The piece was aimed at the general public. Duchamp wanted to outrage the people and force them to question what art really was (Lewer 184). Even with these harsh circumstances, Duchamp still managed to become extremely important and influential to other Dada artists. Duchamp was one of the most famous Dada artists during his time and he coined the term “ready-made” which is…

Throughout the being this class I have learned about many artists, their specific genres, and how they contributed to the art society as a whole. Some of the major artists that have made a space in my mind, that I had no knowledge of knowing before are Marcel Duchamp, Jason Pollack, Marina Abramović, and Julian Beveer. These artist are mentioned in the textbook relating them to the type of artwork they do. Nevertheless, I have pick chapters 4.5 Art and Illusion and 4.7 Art and War. Just with the…

challenge their audience through a subversion of artistic conventions and an innovative approach to their artmaking decisions and actions. Two such visionaries are the conceptual artists Marcel Duchamp and Antony Gormley who have successfully experimented with both the form and philosophy of art. Marcel duchamp defied the traditionalist movement, through challenging the conventional styles which have been around for centuries. Nevertheless, becoming the founding father of one of the most…

Popular culture, or Pop Art was a time when simple objects of everyday life were made into fine art, but more often Pop art is a statement on mass advertising and the customer culture after WWII. It also was a means to demonstrate against future conflicts as well. During the world’s recovery of WWII magazines and newspapers were full of advertisements of what to buy, and how the perfect house hold should look like. People tried to live above their means in order to fulfil what they thought they…

first look at the pre-pop era. This era occurred during the 1950s. During this time, two prominent artists, Jasper Johns and Robert Rauschenberg, stepped outside the dominant technique of abstract expressionism. Both of them drew inspiration from Marcel Duchamp who challenged the concept of art through his ready-mades, however, their individual approaches differed. Johns’ technique was to paint or sculpt trivial objects and to make them appear abstract (Osterwold, 85). In contrast to this,…

thorough and accurately portrays many individuals’ ideas about art, I beg to differ. Art does not have to be beautiful. Art does not need to express important ideas or feelings. A foremost example of this is Marcel DuChamp’s Fountain. It is certainly not aesthetically pleasing, nor is it produced by DuChamp himself. By Merriam’s definition, Fountain would not be considered art. However, according to 500 of Britain’s foremost art professionals, Fountain is considered the most influential piece of…