Screen LibraryThe apparently marginal activities of Marcel Duchamp /
"This groundbreaking and richly illustrated book tells a new story of the twentieth century's most influential artist, recounted not so much through his artwork as through his "non-art" work. Marcel Duchamp is largely understood in critical and popular discourse in terms of the o...
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The MIT Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Cambridge, Massachusetts : |
| Publication Dates: | [2016] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
"This groundbreaking and richly illustrated book tells a new story of the twentieth century's most influential artist, recounted not so much through his artwork as through his "non-art" work. Marcel Duchamp is largely understood in critical and popular discourse in terms of the objects he produced, whether readymade or meticulously fabricated. Elena Filipovic asks us instead to understand Duchamp's art through activities not normally seen as artistic--from exhibition making and art dealing to administrating and publicizing. These were no occasional pursuits; Filipovic argues that for Duchamp |
| Carrier Form: | xii, 339 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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9780262034821 (hardback : alkaline paper) : 0262034824 (hardback : alkaline paper) |
| Index Number: | N6853 |
| CLC: | J205.565 |
| Call Number: | J205.565/F483 |
| Contents: | Introduction. A history of Marcel Duchamp and other fictions -- Notes for a theory of the work of art -- 'I myself will exhibit nothing' -- The dead end of the museum -- Conclusion. The invention of an empty studio. |