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Fountain is a 1917 work by Marcel Duchamp. It is one of the pieces which he called readymades (also known as found art), because he made use of an already existing object—in this case a urinal, which he titled Fountain and signed "R. Mutt". The art show to which Duchamp submitted the piece stated that all works would be accepted, but Fountain was not actually displayed, and the original has been lost. The work is regarded by some as a major landmark in 20th century art. Replicas commissioned by Duchamp in the 1960s are now on display in museums. From Wikipedia under the
GNU Free Documentation License  studiolo.org 383px x 362px | 20.00kB [source page] of Duchamp s readymade works of art works that he didn t make but which by having been placed intellectually within a conceptual framework of Art he forces the observer to see ordinary objects from new perspectives In this way their innate aesthetic contents would make themselves manifest as happens in  robotoverlords.com 240px x 320px | 19.00kB [source page] The most striking feature is the Grande Arche large enough to contain Notre Dame and which is actually a four dimensional hypercube or tesseract projected into three dimensional space I happily wandered about inside It was very well presented but not very easy to go through in a group too many places to hide The famous fountain by Marcel Duchamp was there thumbing From Yahoo Image Search: "Fountain (Duchamp)"  rtphoto.hk Richie TaSte Fri, 27 Nov 2009 11:36:00 GM Later, . Duchamp. collaborated with a photographer, Alfred Stieglitz, and produced an image of the . Fountain. . The collaboration consisted of creative acts, because Alfred Stieglitz got involved in the work as a spectator, and recreated the ...  janessmartartblog.blogspot.com Jane's Smart Art Wed, 25 Mar 2009 14:55:00 GM For example, I've never been able to appreciate Marcel . Duchamp's Fountain. which isn't a . fountain. at all. It's a urinal. And I'm not ashamed to say that I don't get it, despite the fact that a poll of 500 art experts named it as the ...  proprofs.com vdrown hu, 19 Nov 2009 08:17:14 GM 1. dafa, Marcel . Duchamp. , . Fountain. (1917). 11. sdfsdf, Marcel . Duchamp. , Tu'm (1918). 2. fsdf, Marcel . Duchamp. , Why not Sneeze Rrose Selavy... 12. fsdf, Photographer Unknown, Hugo Ball Reciting... 3. fsdffsdfsd, Otto Dix Disabled Soldiers ... From Google Blog Search: "Fountain (Duchamp)"  news.google.com Time Out Chicago In a Top Chef-esque challenge, six Chicago chefs (Michael Taus of Duchamp , Giuseppe Tentori of BOKA, Bill Kim of Urban Belly, to name a few) cook seasonal ... and more » news.google.com Wired News This may be partially due to the use of permanent markers in place of fountain and ink pens. GD: How many presidents do you have signatures from? Artists? ... and more » news.google.com ARTINFO brussels it stands to reason that a city whose most famous statue depicts a little boy relieving himself into a fountain would welcome an ... and more » From Google News Search: "Fountain (Duchamp)" 2 questions about the "fountain" by Marcel Duchamp? Q. i need to know the name of the award it received in 2004 and its value in dollars please and thank you i appreciate your help :) Asked by natalie - Tue Feb 9 23:46:22 2010 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments A. The award it received was "Most Influential Work of Art of the 20th Century" As for its dollar value, according to USA today, it's $3.6 million. Answered by Sixpence - Tue Feb 9 23:50:42 2010 Do you know of any water art? Q. Do you know of any works of art that is related to water? For example, there is Water Lilies by Monet, Fountain by Duchamp, Impression Sunrise by Monet, and The Great Wave of Kanagawa by Hokusai. Thanks. Asked by Den G - Sat May 16 13:16:36 2009 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments A. I have one hanging in my hallway... September Morn by Paul Chabas ~ Answered by Kekionga - Sat May 16 18:36:42 2009 why is modern art so effing terrible?
Q. i honestly can hardly read my art book for college. half of it is opinion and the other half hardly seems necessary. its like the writer took one page of material that may have been a little important and extrapolated 40 pages of garbage out of it. here are some examples of "fantastic" modern art this is a "item that the artist forced people to see in a new light!" he just took this urinal off a wall and signed a name on it!!! apparently this is an airplane in flight here is more trash a ten year old can make anyone actually think this stuff is not a joke??? last link: Asked by 264180 - Sat Apr 25 15:54:51 2009 - - 5 Answers - 0 Comments A. because all the good artists died hundreds of years ago. look at the mona lisa Answered by miranda - Sat Apr 25 15:59:36 2009 From Yahoo Answer Search: "Fountain (Duchamp)" |
