MARCEL DUCHAMP
Marcel Duchamp (* 28. Juli 1887 in Blainville-Crevon; † 2. Oktober 1968 in Neuilly-sur-Seine), eigentlich Henri Robert Marcel Duchamp, war ein französischer Maler und Objektkünstler. Er ist Mitbegründer der Konzeptkunst und zählt zu den Wegbegleitern des Dadaismus und Surrealismus. (Wikipedia)
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Marcel Duchamp
Quotations
„The creative act is not performed by the artist alone; the spectator brings the work in contact with the external world by deciphering and interpreting its inner qualifications and thus adds his contribution to the creative act.“
„It’s true, of course, humor is very important in my life, as you know. That’s the only reason for living, in fact.“
„I was interested in ideas, not in visual products. I wanted to put painting again in the service of the mind. „
„No, the thing to do is try to make a painting that will be alive in your own lifetime.“
„The individual, man as a man, man as a brain, if you like, interests me more than what he makes, because I’ve noticed that most artists only repeat themselves. „
„All his decisions in the artistic execution of the work rest with pure intuition and cannot be translated into a self-analysis… „
„I consider painting as a means of expression, not as a goal. „
- „I’ve decided that art is a habit-forming drug. That’s all it is, for the artist, for the collector, for anybody connected with it. „
| Timeline | |
| 1887 | Born 28 July at Blainville-Crevon, (near Rouen) France |
| 1906 | Joins his brothers in Montmartre and draws cartoons for satirical publications. |
| 1910 | Exhibits at the Salon des Indépendants and the Salon d’Automne |
| 1912 | Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2. is rejected by the Salon des Indépendants but it is shown at a cubist exhibition in Barcelona, and in Paris at the Salon de la Section d’Or |
| 1912 | Studies perspective at the Bibliothèque de Sainte-Geneviève in Paris |
| 1913 | Exhibits Nude Descending a Staircase and several other works at the Armory Show in New York |
| 1915 | Visits New York, meets Walter and Louise Arensberg |
| 1917 | The Society of Independent Artists is formed, with Duchamp as a founding member, and later a director |
| 1919 | Visits Buenos Aires, Argentina; back in Paris, attends meetings of the Dada group |
| 1920 | Duchamp, Katherine Dreier and Man Ray form the first museum of modern art in the United States, the Société Anonyme, Inc. |
| 1923 | Travels to Brussels, Belgium for an extended stay of several months |
| 1924 | Focuses on chess, devoting most of his time to it |
| 1925 | Both parents die |
| 1927 | Marries and divorces Lydie Sarazin-Lavassor |
| 1928 | Becomes a member of the French Olympic chess team at The Hague |
| 1932 | Appointed a French delegate to the International Chess Federation |
| 1933 | Participates in the „Exposition Surréaliste“ in Paris |
| 1935 | Participates in the first chess Olympics by correspondence as French team captain |
| 1937 | First one man-show, held in Chicago at the Arts Club |
| 1938 | Collaborates with Breton and others on the „Exposition Internationale du Surréalisme“, Galerie Beaux-Arts, Paris |
| 1939 | Rrose Sélavy: oculisme de précision, poils et coups de pieds en tous genres (Precision Oculism, Complete Line of Whiskers and Kicks), a collection of puns, published |
| 1943 | Establishes new studio at 210 West 14th Street in New York City |
| 1946 | Serves as a juror for the Bel-Ami International Competition and Exhibition of New Paintings by Eleven American and European Artists |
| 1954 | Marries Alexina Sattler |
| 1955 | Becomes a citizen of the United States |
| 1959 | Moves to New York |
| 1960 | Elected a member of the National Institute of Arts and Letters, New York |
| 1968 | Dies 2 October, in his sleep |
In Advance of the Broken Arm, 1915. Readymade: show shovel, wood and galvanized iron. 121.3 cm. Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, USA.
L.H.O.O.Q., L.H.O.O.Q., a cheap postcard-sized reproduction of the Mona Lisa,upon which Duchamp drew a mustache and a goatee. The „readymade“ done in 1919, is one of the most well known act of degrading a famous work of art. The title when pronounced in French, puns the frase „Elle a chaud au cul“, translating colloquially in „She has a hot ass“.
Fountain, 1917/1964. Readymade: porcelain urinal. 23.5 x 18 cm, hight 60 cm. Private collection.
Bicycle Wheel/Roue de bicyslette, 1913. Readymade: bicycle wheel, diameter 64.8 cm, mounted on a stool, 60.2 cm high. Original lost. Replica. Private collection.
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