Marcel Duchamp's Fountain: One Hundred Years Later

by Robert Kilroy

This book marks the centenary of Marcel Duchamp's Fountain by critically re-examining the established interpretation of the work. It introduces a new methodological approach to art-historical practice rooted in a revised understanding of Lacan, Freud and Slavoj Zizek. In weaving an alternative narrative, Kilroy shows us that not only has Fountain been fundamentally misunderstood but that this very misunderstanding is central to the work's...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3319691570
• ISBN13: 9783319691572
• Release Date: December 2017
• Publisher: Palgrave Pivot
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.8" x 8.3"