Entries (RSS) Duchamp, Manray, Picabia
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Marcel Duchamp (1887-1968), Man Ray (1890 -1977) and Francis Picabia (1879-1953) each made a huge contribution to the development of early modernism, pioneering new ideas about art and art-making that continue to reverberate today. Although involved successively with Cubisim, Dada and Surrealism they remain individual figures, despite their intermittent friendships and occasional collaborations with one another. All three were fascinated with the new technologies that evolved during their lifetimes, including photography, film, mechanization and mass-reproduction. For Picabia, the advent of photography meant the end of traditional painting. Duchamp’s early cubist paintings were an attempt to show movement somewhat as photography had succeeded in doing. Man Ray took photography beyond mere representation, inventing new art forms through his manipulations of the medium. Despite creating some of the most iconic works of the twentieth century Duchamp famously championed ‘non-retinal’ art, undermining the concept of artistic authorship with his coining of the term ‘ready-made’. All three mercilessly lampooned the pretensions of high art, employing humour, eroticism and wordplay to great effect.
For the first time, the lives and works of this powerful triumvirate are examined together, revealing both the contrasts and the points of convergence in their extraordinary careers. Extensively illustrated with works in a variety of media including painting, sculpture, photography and film, the book will feature essays by leading international critics as well as archival material documenting the relationships between these three fascinating and enigmatic figures who did so much to shape the course of modern art.
Price (ZA) R500.00 |
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