DRAWING ON ART

Marcel Duchamps 1919 readymade, L.H.O.O.Q., which he created by drawing a moustache and goatee on a commercial reproduction of the Mona Lisa, precipitated a radical reevaluation of the meaning of art, the process of art making, and the role of the artist. In Draw ing on Art, Dalia Judovitz explores the central importance of appropriation, collaboration, influence, and play in Duchamps workan d in Dada and Surrealist art more broadlyto show how the concept of art itself became the critical fuel and springboard for questio ning arts fun...[Llegir més]