Inventor of the ready-made and father of conceptual art. He elevated the ordinary object to artwork status through the simple gesture of choice, freeing art from all aesthetic constraint.
Key works
- Fountain (1917)
- L.H.O.O.Q. (1919)
- La Mariée mise à nu par ses célibataires, même (1923)
"It is the viewers who make the painting."
Further reading
Duchamp du signe
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Marcel Duchamp
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Marcel Duchamp : la vie a credit
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The Complete Works of Marcel Duchamp
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