Marcel
Duchamp: Art changed for ever
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| (Marcel Duchamp L.H.O.O.Q., 1919 ©The telegraph.co.uk) |
...As he worked on The Large Glass between 1912 and
1915, Duchamp gradually came to locate the essence of the art work in its
appeal to the mind, not the eye. The ready-made was born when he realised that
something can change its meaning without changing its form. From this it
follows that the context in which an object is seen is all-important, and that
what we see depends on what we look for…[…]Marcel
Duchamp was best-known for his 'ready-made' urinal, redefined art - but he was
not alone in his daring iconoclasm…[…] Man Ray explored the concept of the ready-made in Obstruction, a
mobile made by hanging dozens of wooden coat-hangers together from the ceiling,
and by unravelling a paper lampshade to create a spiralling abstract sculpture.……
