Marcel Duchamp

by Neil Cox, David Hopkins, Dawn Ades, et al.

Book Overview

Genius, anti-artist, charlatan, guru, imposter? Since 1914 Marcel Duchamp has been called all these. Arousing passion and controversy, he has exerted a great influence on art, whose very nature he challenged and redefined as concept rather than product by questioning its traditionally privileged optical nature. At the same time, he never ceased to be engaged, openly or secretly, in provocative and enigmatic activities and works which transformed traditional...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0500203229
• ISBN13: 9780500203224
• Release Date: June 1999
• Publisher: Thames & Hudson
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.3"