Friday, October 19, 2007

Duchamp



In this article, "The bride Stripped Bare" it is talking about the large glass piece created by Duchamp that is currently located in the Philadelphia Museum of Art. If you ask my personal opinion, I could tell you what the piece was about without knowing the subject. Apparently at the top part of the pieceis the bride and the bottom is the groom. In the article Duchamp says that the piecesexual aspect and duchamp referred to it as a "hilarious" picture. The piece is very large, standing about nine feet tall and five feet wide. There are plenty weird and misunderstood aspects behind this piece. To hear Duchamp tell it, its a whole story surrounding this piece. In his descriptionof the piece he is saying that the bride is undressing and trying to reach a point of nudity and the bachelor is trying to undress the bride. I guess the flowing piece is suppose to represent the brides dress. I can't seem to tell how thats a bride or the bachelor at the bottom. The figures are extremely abstract and hard to resemble. However, on the other hand the piece is very neat and looks like a lot of effort was put into making it. The piece is nice but can be a little confusing when it comes to the subject matter. I think he makes good art but he's very unpredictable and you never know what he's thinking.

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