Argentina's Travel Blog (Free subscription) | 11/18/2008
Fundacion Proa presents a solo exhibition of French artist Marcel Duchamp’s work in their new art space in La Boca. The exhibition is titled “Marcel Duchamp: una obra que no es una obra ‘de arte,’” (Marcel Duchamp: a work that is not ‘a work of art’). Duchamp is best known for his investigation of the [...]
Artdaily (Free subscription) | 11/15/2008
NEW YORK.- A major outdoor work by French artist Laurent Grasso, who has just won the prestigious Prix Marcel Duchamp (awarded yearly to a contemporary artist based in France), is currently on display at New York's Hunter College. In connection with the college's to: Night exhibition, the work, entitled Infinite Light, spans the exterior of the pedestrian bridges that connect the main...
Modern Art Notes (Free subscription) | 10/17/2008
... loss of so many of his friends and even family members, including his oldest brother Raymond Duchamp-Villon, during the First World War. When Alexander Liberman asked Duchamp to make a portrait of the first President of the United States for the cover of the February 15, 1943 issue of Vogue magazine, Duchamp produced a mocking collage image based on the profile portraits of...
Slow Painting (Free subscription) | yesterday
... Mapping. She still makes art in a speculative spirit, but her recent “homages” to Yves Klein and Marcel Duchamp (both made in 2007/8) raise the question of belief. Levitations: Homage to Yves Klein is a sceptical riposte to a famous believer. Auras: Homage to Marcel Duchamp finds belief in the art of a renowned sceptic. The French 1960s painter, performer and visionary...
Interior design room (Free subscription) | 11/10/2008
“I am interested in ideas, not merely in visual products.” – Marcel Duchamp The Pipe Light was created from the design of a product that was morphologically similar to a vegetable which invades and takes the parts of a house, as a creeping plant; thus role of a bridge between art and design. Pipe Light by Triptyque
