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Marcel Duchamp, Appearance Stripped Bare
Marcel Duchamp, Appearance Stripped Bare | Octavio Paz
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Octavio Paz claims in this essential work that the two painters who had the greatest influence on the twentieth century were Pablo Picasso and Marcel Duchamp. If that conjunction surprises at first, Paz makes a convincing case with his analysis and by contrasting the two artists. "I have linked their two names," he writes, "because it seems to me that each of them has in his own way succeeded in defining our age: the former by what he affirms; the latter by what he negates, by his explorations." Considering Duchamp's career and writings from his scandalous Nude Descending a Staircase in 1913 to his subsequent investigations, from his Large Glass and kinetic art to the Readymades and "physiques amusantes" ("comic calculations"), Paz offers a highly personal assessment, exploring the apparent contradictions and seeming enigmas with the insight and lucidity that characterized all his writing. When this book was first published, Publishers Weekly called it an "extraordinary and indispensable book" and said: "Paz may have come closer to Duchamp's essence as a philosopher of spiritual freedom than any critic to date."
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TheKidUpstairs
Marcel Duchamp | Octavio Paz
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1. So many! But this East of Eden edition springs to mind. Would LOVE to get my hands on one!

2. Marcel Duchamp

3. (Bottom L-R) Moonshine, Paul Klee; Nude Descending a Staircase, Marcel Duchamp; Miner's Houses Glace Bay 1925, Lawren Harris

4. AGO, and I dream of visiting The Hermitage.

#ManicMonday @JoScho

JoScho Great collage! ❤️ 7y
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Hobbinol
Marcel Duchamp | Octavio Paz
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Photo on right is the cover of my edition of a book by one of my favorite #latinxauthors, Octavio Paz, about a #francaix artist, Marcel Duchamp. Photo on left is a sketch of a prototype I've developed for PEZ-- the PAZ dispenser. Do you think they'll go for it?😉 #feistyfeb

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katedensen Love Duchamp, love Paz, love the Paz dispenser even more. 8y
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