Marcel DuChamp. Do you know a lot about him?

Question

Im doing some work on Marcel DuChamp, and i was wondering if anyone could tell me about his style. When i say style, i mean style in the way he did his art. many thanks

Answer 1

His career went down the toilet at one point

Ok, I will be serious for a sec,
Was the first to challenge the notion of an already made object being a work of art (urinal) by placing it in an art gallery and presenting it as such. Remember art was still canvas and sculpture based at this point.

Regarded as the forerunner of conceptual art by which the meaning implied is more important than the physical piece.

Damien Hirst's shark is very similar to urinal and opened the same debates in the 90's with regards that it could only be 'art'
in the environment of the art gallery and not outside it or in its former one

Duchamp was a challenger of conventional attitudes towards art, this concept was his most distinguishing style.

Answer 2

Marcel Duchamp (1887-1968), the painter and mixed media artist, was associated with Cubism, Dadaism and Surrealism, though he avoided any alliances. Duchamp’s work is characterized by its humor, the variety and unconventionality of its media, and its incessant probing of the boundaries of art. His legacy includes the insight that art can be about ideas instead of worldly things, a revolutionary notion that would resonate with later generations of artists.

Family Life (1887-1903)

Marcel Duchamp was born in 1887, in a town in northwestern France. He was the fourth of seven children, six of whom survived infancy. His father was a successful notary, an occupation that combined legal and bureaucratic functions, and the Duchamps lived in the finest house in town.

Family interests included music, art, and literature; chess was a favorite household pastime. The home was decorated with prints by Duchamp’s maternal grandfather, who was successful in both business and art.

Even in a family that embraced the arts, it is surprising that all four oldest Duchamp children became artists. First-born Gaston, trained in law, became a painter; he used the name Jacques Villon. Second son Raymond, trained in medicine, became a sculptor; he was known as Raymond Duchamp-Villon. Their sister Suzanne painted all her life, but wasn't allowed any formal training; she became known as Suzanne Crotti after her second marriage. Shortly before his seventeenth birthday, Marcel announced that he too intended to pursue a career as a painter.

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Answer 3

"While he is most often associated with the Dada and Surrealism movements, his participation in Surrealism was largely behind the scenes, and after being involved in New York Dada, he barely participated in Paris Dada.

Thousands of books and articles attempt to interpret Duchamp's artwork and philosophy, but in interviews and his writing, Duchamp only added to the mystery. The interpretations interested him as creations of their own, and as reflections of the interpreter.

A playful man, Duchamp prodded thought about artistic processes and art marketing, not so much with words, but with actions such as dubbing a urinal art and naming it Fountain, and by "giving up" art to play chess. He produced relatively few artworks as he quickly moved through the avant-garde rhythms of his time."

So you see, he had no style at all because he refused to be classified in any group or category.

Answer 4

Marcel DuChamp?

dont recall meeting the man or his art, just what I have read, but did he really know how to paint

Answer 5

his urinal is something of a benchmark in modern art. many contemporary artists try to emulate his ideas. the themes he worked on are therefore still very much at the core of contemporary art. he was playing with ideas about commodity in art by proposing that anything could be used as an art work - whether he created it or not. by signing something does it become art? or placing it in a gallery? this is by no means his only theme, he has a large body of work working in different media, and is a very interesting artist (and personality) to invesigate.

Answer 6

I think he was interested in a style called "objet trouvee" and one of his prize exhibits was a urinal from a public toilet .

He also took a print of the Mona Lisa, paineted a moustache on it and the letter "LOOQ" which is a French obscenity.


He was something of a charmer, as you can see. But shocking, in his time I think.

Answer 7

He is probably one of the more researched artists out there. I would say look him up yourself so you have the specifics of what you want. He will not be hard to find...

Answer 8

Never heard of him but I always go to google first for info now, try this site
www.marcelduchamp.net

Answer 9

don't think so, he is more famous for his images of manufactured objects

Answer 10

never heard of him