Maria Lianou posted

Άρθρο/Article: Roving Eye. Ready for the Readymade

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Robert Frank, Wavy Gravy, Paula Cooper, Danny Seymour,

Danny Lyon Rachel in Texas, 1969
©Danny Lyon/Magnum Photos Courtesy, 
Edwynn Houk Gallery,Dektol.wordpress.com 

[...]...It's hard for me to believe that Duchamp's first readymade is nearing its 100th anniversary-he made Bicycle Wheel in 1913. Since that time artists have taken advantage of the readymade's simple materiality and economy of means to offer pointed commentary on political, social, and esthetic issues. Given the advent of digitization, we consume images differently from even a decade ago. A selection of works in the exhibition considers the notion of images-as-readymades as well.......