#r mutt

[the-cricket-chirps]

Marcel Duchamp, Fountain, 1917

Photograph by Alfred Stieglitz

(In 1917, Duchamp notoriously submitted a urinal to an exhibition organized by the Society of Independent Artists in New York. The original was later destroyed inadvertently.)

[ryanwclement]

What is Art?

by Ryan Clement OF COURSE, I don’t really know the answer to this age-old question, but my very good friends, F and M, may well have come very close to an – rather than ‘the’ – answer. WE WERE CELEBRATING A VICTORY in a recent court case. We were enjoying our meal in Wembley – they had kindly made the journey South for my sole convenience. We, sorry, I had elected for an Indian meal. Had I…

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[idknikkip]

Tattoo is finally out of the itchy phase thank fuck

Line drawing of Marcel duchamps the fountain

[prehistoricmancunt]

anyway, marcel duchamp didn’t create the fountain

[philamuseum]

Marcel Duchamp was born on this day in 1887. An artist who broke down the boundaries between works of art and everyday objects, he is perhaps best known for his irreverent “readymades.” One of the best (and most infamous) examples of a readymade is “Fountain.” Duchamp declared that the ordinary piece of plumbing had become art simply by signing it “R. Mutt 1917” and submitting it to the inaugural exhibition of the Society of Independent Artists—a concept almost as hotly debated today as it was then.

“Fountain” 1950 (replica of 1917 original), by Marcel Duchamp © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris / Succession Marcel Duchamp

[xanderwithanx]

My professor, an expert in Duchamp, claims that Marcel Duchamp practiced tallionism. This is a term of Duchamp's own making, as he loved to make terms. It means "revenge as an artform".

The professor theorizes that this is why Duchamp's "Fountain" (the urinal signed R. Mutt) came into being. Long-form revenge against those who had rejected his art, with a twist of humor and trickster-dom.

"The Independents rejected me? Well, let's see them reject THIS in their 'everyone is included' show. If everyone is included, then I will throw a wrench in their plans with this urinal signed by an unknown."

Anyway, this is a long-form way to say that I will now be practicing tallionism.

[tegenkracht]

we’re relevant

[shadow27]

The iconic Fountain (1917) is not created by Marcel Duchamp - See All This

In 1917, when the United States was about to enter the First World War and women in the United Kingdom had just earned their right to vote, a different matter occupied the sentiments of the small, modernist art scene in New York. It had organised an exhibit where anyone could show his or her art …

To attribute Fountain to a woman [Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven] and not a man has obvious, far-reaching consequences: the history of modern art has to be rewritten. Modern art did not start with a patriarch, but with a matriarch. What power structure in the world of modern art prohibits this truth to become more widely known and generally accepted? Ultimately this is one of the larger questions looming behind the authorship of Fountain. It sheds light on the place and role of the female artist in the world of modern art.