Marcel Duchamp’s urinal was named most influential work of modern art, according to a vote by 500 critics. Duchamp called it Fountain. It was initially rejected for display at the Society of Independent Artists exhibit in 1917, whereupon Duchamp’s allies argued that it was a worthy work of art along four lines: “First, Fountain represented […]
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“With his Fountain (1917), Duchamp made the quintessential statement about the history and future of art. Duchamp of course knew the history of art and, given recent trends, where art was going. He knew what had been achieved — how over the centuries art had been a powerful vehicle that called upon the highest development
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This wry reference to Fountain is a clever and amusing response to postmodern art. More on Duchamp’s urinal and postmodern art here.
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Por Stephen R.C. Hicks Traducido al Español por Alejandro Espinoza (Título original, Why Art Became Ugly) Durante mucho tiempo, los críticos del arte moderno y postmoderno han dependido de la estrategia de “Acaso no es aquello repugnante.” Me refiero con esto a la estrategia de señalar que ciertas obras de arte son feas, triviales o de
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Marcel Duchamp’s Fountain at the Tate and the challenge to defining art.
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Por um longo tempo, os críticos de arte moderna e pós-moderna têm contado com a estratégia do “Isso não é repulsivo?” Refiro-me à estratégia de, dado que as obras de arte são feias, triviais, ou de mau gosto, apontar que “uma criança de cinco anos poderia tê-las feito”, e assim por diante. Em sua maioria,
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O tema de uma pesquisa recente entre principais artistas e críticos de arte de nossa geração tratou de quem foi o artista mais influente do século XX. Quem venceu? Se você chutou Pablo Picasso — boa tentativa, mas ele ficou em segundo. Antes de identificarmos o vencedor, vamos refletir sobre a importância do 1º lugar
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This is the sixth and final chapter of the audiobook version of Explaining Postmodernism: Skepticism and Socialism from Rousseau to Foucault. Chapter Six: Postmodern Strategy [mp3] [YouTube] [54 minutes total] Connecting epistemology to politics [mp3] [YouTube] Masks and rhetoric in language [mp3] [YouTube] When theory clashes with fact [mp3] [YouTube] Kierkegaardian postmodernism [mp3] [YouTube] Reversing
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