Marcel Duchamps stature in the history of art has grown steadily since the 1950s; as several artistic movements have embraced him as their founding father. But although his influence is comparable only to Picassos; Duchamp continues to be relatively unknown outside his narrow circle of followers. This book seeks to explain his oeuvre; which has been shrouded with mystery.Duchamps two great preoccupations were the nature of scientific truth and a feeling for love with its natural limit; death. His works all speak of eroticism in a way that pushes the socially acceptable to its outer limits. Juan Antonio Ramirez addresses such questions as the meaning of the artists ground-breaking ready-mades and his famous installation Etant donneacute;s; his passionate essay reproduces all of Duchamps important works; in addition to numerous previously unpublished visual sources. Duchamp: Love and Death; even is a seminal monograph for understanding this crucial figure of modern art.
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