Marcel Duchamp

by Gloria Moure

Published 1 September 1988
Marcel Duchamp (1887-1968) was defined by Willem De Kooning as a "one-man-movement, open to everyone". A legend in his own lifetime, Duchamp revolutionized notions of art and aesthetics with his "art as life" philosophy and his development of the Surrealist symbiosis of word and image. This is best exemplified...Read more