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  Thursday  June 12  2003    12: 06 PM

what the hell is art?

Marcel Duchamp is always interesting. This is a great site that shows the breadth and impact of his work. One of my favorite artists.

Making Sense of Marcel Duchamp

Marcel Duchamp (1887-1968): painter, sculptor and author, associated with Cubism, Dadaism and Surrealism, though he avoided any alliances. Duchamp’s work is characterized by humor, a wide variety of media, and its incessant probing of the boundaries of art. His legacy includes the insight that art can be about ideas instead of objects, a revolutionary notion that would resonate with later generations of artists.


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