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A survey of 500 art critics recently named Marcel Duchamp's "Fountain" the most influential work of twentieth-century art. The work, which I've had the pleasure of viewing at the Philadelphia Museum's Duchamp collection, consists of a urinal turned on its side and signed "R. Mutt." Even more exciting is #6 on the countdown, my hero Joseph Beuys' "I like America and America Likes Me," which Prentiss and Adina derided at the last Austin Blogger meetup. Come on, how can you go wrong with a felt blanket and a coyote?

Posted by McChris at December 2, 2004 11:55 AM
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seeing the bicycle wheel at moma was the point of giving up explaining to the kid the profound impact of duchamp, beuys, schwitters, readymades, and a various range of topics including general foundations of abstract art and performance.

it finally ended there, at the wheel, while dicussing brancusi's bird in space. he said, 'i guess i just like renaissance art', to which i replied, '--and that's ok'.

btw, i love the quote, 'cut the crap - Duchamp opened up modern art'.

Posted by: mel at December 2, 2004 02:43 PM

Funny, I think my kids would love the idea of found art. It seems like a more accessible medium than something that requires years of practice. But then they tend to think of art as something to do rather than something to look at -- when we go to the AMOA's family shows they blast through the gallery in five minutes and want to spend two hours in the hands-on section. And if they did make art out of urinals or bicycle wheels or whatever, they'd want to anthropomorphize it with glued-on eyes and hair and a nose.

Posted by: Prentiss Riddle at December 5, 2004 03:38 PM
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