• Duchamp’s Biography with images, videos and animations
• Excerpt from “Great Modern Masters — Duchamp” and Bride Stipped Bare by Thomas Girst
• In His Own Words and what some of his contemporaries had to say

Duchamp’s Biography with images, videos and animations

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Marcel Duchamp
1887-1968
French/American

Art Historians Recognize Duchamp as the Greatest Influence in 20th century art
Duchamp Interview Videos Part I Part II

 

Best Known Spectator Shocks… (Click on images for more information)

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  1912
  age 25
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  1920
  age 33
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  1934
  age 47
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  1968
  age 81
  (Duchamp Dies)




“If it’s not shocking, it’s not worth doing…”The Creative Act:
“Let’s consider two important factors, the two poles of the creation of art:
the artist on one hand, and on the other, the spectator who later becomes the posterity.””…it’s the posthumous spectactor, because the contemporary spectator is worthless, in my opinion. His is of minimum value compared to that of posterity, which, for example, allows some things to stay in the Louvre.”
• 1917
  age 30
  
• 1923
  age 36
  
• 1967
  age 80