Duchamp takes New York / John Strausbaugh.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Strausbaugh, John, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Duchamp, Marcel, 1887-1968.

Duchamp, Marcel.

Duchamp, Marcel, 1887-1968--Homes and haunts.

Duchamp, Marcel, 1887-1968--Criticism and interpretation.

Artists--France--20th century--Biography.

Artists.

Expatriate artists--New York (State)--New York--History.

Expatriate artists.

Dadaism--New York (State)--New York--History.

Dadaism.

Art, Modern--20th century--History.

Art, Modern.

New York (N.Y.)--Intellectual life--History--20th century.

New York (N.Y.).

Artists--France--Biography.

Physical Description:

159 pages : illustration ; 18 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : OR Books, [2026]

Summary:

"Published to coincide with a major MoMA Retrospective, this book revisits the artist who upended modern art, and the city that made it possible. Artist, anti-artist, joker, trickster, shape-shifter: Marcel Duchamp broke with tradition and pushed the avant-garde decisively forward. When his work exploded like an art bomb in New York in the 1910s, American art was still mired in the nineteenth century. Duchamp, bored with tradition, reimagined what art could be, what it was for, and how it might be made-hanging a snow shovel from the ceiling, inverting a urinal, 'painting' with dust and bits of string between panes of glass, and reducing his entire oeuvre into a briefcase of miniatures. Duchamp takes New York traces this bold, playful energy, showing how the city inspired and staged his avant-garde experiments... John Strausbaugh, a longtime chronicler of the city, puts New York at the center of Duchamp's story. Fleeing the comforts of French bourgeois life--'wives, three children, a country house, three cars!'--Duchamp found New York instantly liberating. It was here that he produced much of his most radical work and eventually settled for good, once declaring, 'New York itself is a complete work of art.' Duchamp's art simply can't be pinned down, without first recognizing his relationship to New York"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The nude descends on New York City

"The Nude-descending-a-staircase man" arrives

Fountain

Escape from New York

Back to the future

Étant donnés

Duchamp or NOT Duchamp?

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781682194577

1682194574

OCLC:

1584704394