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From:
Tai Nguyen
Date:
Thu, 17 Feb 1994 21:09:47 -0700
Subject:
Re: more ON...
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abulafia wrote:
quoted 4 lines I haven't heard this story, but is it perhaps Marcel Duchamp's "Urinal">I haven't heard this story, but is it perhaps Marcel Duchamp's "Urinal"? > >It would fit, since Duchamp was a respected cubist before his turn to >dadaism. I don't know if the work was originally anonymous, though.
yes i think you're right =). And yes, I do believe he originally entered it anonymously to prove the point that art is so subjective and that modern opinions on art are more social artifacts than objective realities. And yes, it fits because I read about this story in a book on dadaism, probably in the section where they talked about Duchamp. ummmm, i think we'd better drop this thread though because it strikes me as somewhat non-idm. apologies to the rest of the list... ___ (:)====/__/\=(:)(:)============================(:)====================(:) |\| _\_ \ \|\||=| Tai Nguyen |\| email address: |=| |=| /__/\_\ \=||\| Cornell University |=| thn1@cornell.edu |\| |\| / /\ __/\|(:)============================(:)====================(:) |=|/ / /\ \ |=||=| "These are not my figures I'm quoting. They're |=| |\/__/ \_\/ |\||\| from someone who knows what he's talking about." |\| |=\__\/\ \ |=||=| - unknown congressman in debate |=| (:)==\__\/===(:)(:)===================================================(:)