{"product_id":"duchamp-isms","title":"Duchamp-isms","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA collection of provocative quotations from one of the most influential artists of the twentieth century\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDuchamp-isms\u003c\/i\u003e is a selection of illuminating quotations from Marcel Duchamp (1887–1968), one of the most important figures in the history of modern art. A painter, sculptor, writer, and chess player, Duchamp changed the very definition of art with his “readymades”—everyday objects such as a bicycle wheel or bottle rack that he titled, signed, and presented as art. He provoked critics and the public with works such as the Cubist-Futurist painting \u003ci\u003eNude Descending a Staircase, No. 2\u003c\/i\u003e (1912) and \u003ci\u003eFountain\u003c\/i\u003e (1917), a readymade composed of a men’s urinal signed “R. Mutt.” Prizing the intellectual over the aesthetic, Duchamp inspired later movements like Minimalism, Conceptualism, and Pop Art. Delightful and witty, \u003ci\u003eDuchamp-isms \u003c\/i\u003eoffers rich insights into the mind of a true icon of modern art.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe quotes in \u003ci\u003eDuchamp-isms\u003c\/i\u003e, drawn primarily from interviews, have been selected and introduced by Francis Naumann, a leading authority on Duchamp, and organized in eight thematic sections: philosophies of art; painting; Dada and Surrealism; the readymades; chess; literary influences; commercialism in art; and philosophies of life and death. The book also features a brief chronology of Duchamp’s life and career.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e“I have always had a horror of being a ‘professional’ painter. The minute you become that, you are lost.”\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e“Humor and laughter—not necessarily derogatory derision—are my pet tools. This may come from my general philosophy of never taking the world too seriously—for fear of dying of boredom.”\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e“Art can never be adequately defined, because the translation of an aesthetic emotion into a verbal description is as inaccurate as your description of fear when you have been actually scared.”\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e“Art never saved the world. It cannot.”\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55722927194456,"sku":"9780691274485","price":18.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780691274485_0861b01b-fc9d-4234-9889-5a56646bec09.jpg?v=1780116356","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/duchamp-isms","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}