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Marcel Duchamp

 

            
             "There is no solution because there is no problem".
             It was the fifties and sixties when Duchamp was rediscovered and suddenly became identified as being a major point of reference for all the new art movements Cubism, Fauvism, Dadaism, and Surrealism of the 20th century. (Thames and Hudson, 15) For the longest time Duchamp's work was difficult to obtain and conveying the meanings of his work was an equally demanding task .It is here where the difficulty of understanding Duchamp and his work begins .
             In a writing directed towards Duchamp, T.S. Eliot in his essay on "Traditional and the Individual Talent, writes "the more perfect the artist, the more completely separate in .
             him will be the man who suffers and the mind which creates; the more perfectly will the .
             mind digest and transmute the passions which are materials" (Cantz 43). This statement .
             describes Duchamp very well yet very subtly. When focusing on the word transmute, which could easily be substituted for transform but instead transmute is exceptionally fitting in terms of Duchamp and his works. Transmute is the act of change in form, but if you deconstruct the word further, it is change and mute which is defined as silent or .
             unspoken. Looking further into the quote "passions which are materials" can be translated .
             to Duchamp's erotic content conveyed in his works and as a symbolism he attaches to his works. .
             As a whole, the quote can be looked at with underlying meaning establishing Marcel Duchamp's silent change and presentation of erotic, personal mystery, and symbolism that accompanies his works. Further explanation of the underlying meanings and the silence in which they are brought to Duchamp's work is primarily in his "readymade" series that will be looked upon and analyzed.
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             Much like the quotation by T.S. Eliot, there is much to understand and investigate.
             about Marcel Duchamp' s work. Before addressing the particular works of Duchamp the language and personal mystery that Duchamp introduces to his work will be evaluated.


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