MARCEL DUCHAMP AND THE ART OF LIFE

In Marcel Duchamp..., J. Baas offers a groundbreaking new reading of Duchamp, arguing in particular that his work may have been info rmed by Asian esoterism, energetic spiritual practices that identify creative energy with the erotic impulse.Duchamp drew on a wide range of sources for his art, from science and mathematics to alchemy. Largely overlooked, until now, have been Asian spiritual pra ctices, including Indo-Tibetan tantra. Baas presents evidence that Duchamp's version of artistic realization was grounded in a weste rn inter...[Read more]