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1994-02-18 17:56Terre Thaemlitz RE>toilet
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1994-02-18 17:56Terre ThaemlitzFrom: jdrukman%dlsun87 >>Brings to mind the story about the famous artist (forgot his name
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Fri, 18 Feb 1994 12:56:30 -0500
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From: jdrukman%dlsun87
quoted 8 lines Brings to mind the story about the famous artist (forgot his name)>>Brings to mind the story about the famous artist (forgot his name) >>who anonymously donated a toilet as an entry to an art show. The >>critics laughed at it and said it was a piece of crap (as it indeed >>was), but once the artist revealed himself as the creator, all the >>critics were tripping over their own feet to praise it. > >are you sure you've got this story straight? it sounds vaguely like >something Tristram Tzara, one of the Dadaists tried.
It was Marcell Duchamp. he was the "originator" of the toilet thing. Actually, he turned it upside down, submitted it under a made up name (not anonymous) and then publically defended it (his defense as Marcell Duchamp of this unknown artist's work as valid was the actual objective of the stunt, but history seems to have left that out, making it a kooky-nutty "oh, those artists" thing...). This was part of the dada movement, like drukman says, and toilets have never been the same. (I desicrate art at least once a day... you? ;)