Marcel Duchamp

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30/01/2017
A fountain, Duchamp and the revolution of contemporary art

A FOUNTAIN, DUCHAMP AND THE REVOLUTION OF CONTEMPORARY ART Marcel Duchamp is mainly connected with the readymades, in other words, with his invention of taking an ordinary object created for a specific purpose and transforming it into a work of art. “Fountain” is one of the first readymades created by Marcel Duchamp in 1917 (the […]

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