Duchamp
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- proper noun
- /duˈʃɑ̃/
- It's not a question of doing again what Duchamp already did.
- Marcel Duchamp
- Duchamp's readymades
- Duchamp's Fountain
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- He says that Duchamp's ready made acquire the status of art because of his declarations.
- So you know, Picasso, anywhere home, Marcel Duchamp, you know, Bastiat.
- Everyone's trying all sorts of different things, and Duchamp is there and he's still calling bullshit on it in some really important ways.
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Two years after the Armory Show, Duchamp rolled into New York to find himself already famous.
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And then he he gives several as examples, including Duchamp, all of whom were then in New York.
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The game of chess was important to Duchamp, who saw many connections between chess and art.
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With the readymades, however, Duchamp engaged questions of geography and landscape not typically associated with sculpture.
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Unlike Kandinsky, Duchamp presents us not with a reinterpretation but a rejection of art.
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I mean, I grew up loving artists like Marcel Duchamp and Renee Mcgree.
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Modern artist Marcel Duchamp's concept of the readymade remains influential, though controversial.
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Marcel Duchamp is widely regarded as a pivotal figure in the Dada movement.
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Many artists credit Duchamp with revolutionizing the concept of art through his use of ready-made objects.
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In art history classes, students often study Duchamp to understand the impact of the Dada movement.
Synonyms
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A French artist who makes everyday objects into art
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Etymology
Duchamp comes from the French parts du 'of the' and champ 'field', so the name originally means 'of the field'. Marcel Duchamp made ordinary objects into art, so his name now reminds us of taking everyday things and showing them as art.