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Marcel Duchamp scandalised the art world in 1917 by submitting a urinal as his entry to a prestigious competition. A century later, an American artist known as Robness sparked his own controversy ...
It was the French artist Marcel Duchamp who opened the door to the idea that anything can be a work of art, from a bicycle wheel to a bottle rack and a urinal. However, his famous work L.H.O.O.Q ...
Or we might laugh at a urinal on a pedestal by Marcel Duchamp—that is, if we are in on the joke. Duchamp’s infamous urinal, called Fountain (1917), is regarded by many art historians as one of ...
Philip Colbert’s solo show The Battle for Lobsteropolis at Saatchi Gallery shut shop about a week ago but his lobbsters are still splendid in Chelsea.
“Some people may consider this work Duchamp’s ‘Fountain’ of the 21st century,” art adviser Ralph DeLuca previously told The Post, referencing the urinal auctioned at Sotheby’s for $1.7 ...
Like John Covert, Joseph Stella met Duchamp at the Arensberg meetings. He became a close friend of his and even accompanied ...
One of the most famous examples is Marcel Duchamp's "Fountain," an inverted urinal simply signed "R. Mutt," which he argued elevated the otherwise prosaic object into a "readymade" sculpture.
In 1917, at an exhibition at New York’s Society of Independent Artists, Marcel Duchamp showed for the first time his sculpture Fountain. The curators of the show were so appalled by the French ...