Marcel Duchamp Was the Messenger of History

Marcel Duchamp Was the Messenger of History

Marcel Duchamp, "L.H.O.O.Q." (1919), rectified readymade: pencil on reproduction of Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa (all photos Lisa Yin Zhang/Hyperallergic unless otherwise noted)Anyone who has taken an introductory art history class knows about Marcel Duchamp. Let me restate that, actually: Anyone who’s encountered contemporary art in any form knows about Duchamp, whether they realize it or not. In 1917, the French-born artist infamously flipped…

Everyone’s Talking About Duchamp. These 5 Artists Are the Ones to Listen To.

It is said that artists are the ones to decide which of their peers and predecessors go down in history. Most memorable are the works that influence others and start arguments or conversations, with others replying either in work or words. It is hard, then, to think of an artist more influential today than Marcel Duchamp, who lead the charge in breaking art out of the confines of sculpture and painting. Even artists who don’t give him much thoug…

Marcel Duchamp Was Anything But Reverent. Are We Being Too Reverent Of Him?

“Marcel Duchamp is an enigma that art history swallowed and got stuck in its throat. What do we do with him now? I left the Museum of Modern Art’s big new show of Duchamp not sure if I know, or the museum knows, or if the public will know.” – Artnet

Readymades, replicas, reiterations: MoMA show explores Marcel Duchamp the inventor

The first major US exhibition of the conceptual artist in more than five decades presents his multi-sensory work and habit of making and remaking as “very, very today”