R.Mutt

       

Marcel Duchamp 

He was an artist, he was born in France but lived much of his success as an artist in the US. 

He is a pioneered worker on conceptual art (contemporary), saying that all that was displaced from its context and giving a new meaning could be art. His great scandal was when he was working with the "urinal". He bought an ordinary urinal, the volt and signed as R.Mutt, he rode on a plinth and presented in an art competition cutting edge. This work was called "The Fountain" (1917).

 This fact caused a stir because everyone questioned whether it could be art or not... Well, today is considered as art all the conceptual work behind.

The first book I read about his life interested me because I understand and clarify what he wants to produce with his works. The book is title ~Duchamp: Love and death, even ~. 

 

Duchamp worked all his artistic work around sexuality, played with the theme of duality between the feminine and maculine, but what is not, the mystery between public and private. His ironic way of working, laughed at the academy and the critics.

For me it's a great artist by the ability to give the art another perspective in an era where the vanguards were running product side of the world wars. Besides, moving the painting achievement and gave importance to the object / sculpture / installation, done that broke with tradition, giving way to the new art of the twentieth century.

A separate and very interesting fact is that Marcel wears costumes of women and he called himself "Rose Selavy"