Marcel Duchamp: Inventing the Presence

Download or read book Marcel Duchamp: Inventing the Presence written by Gerhard Graulich and published by Hatje Cantz. This book was released on 2020-09-15 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fifth volume in the Duchamp Research Centre's Poiesisseries examines the artist's work from philosophical, art historical, and literary perspectives With his sharp wit and love of controversy, Marcel Duchamp (1887-1968) pushed every possible boundary in the art world across his vast body of work, from his iconic urinal-as-sculpture Fountainpiece to his drag alter ego Rrose Sélavy. Founded in 2009, the Duchamp Research Centre operates out of the Staatliche Museum Schwerin in Germany, using its impressive 92-piece Duchamp collection as the basis for its interdisciplinary exploration of the artist's life and work. Since 2011, the Research Centre has published the results of its investigations in a series entitled Poiesisafter the philosophical term for bringing something new into existence--an idea that perfectly describes Duchamp's pioneering work. This is the fifth volume in the series.