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- adjective Of or pertaining to Marcel Duchamp (1887–1968), French
surrealist artist .
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Examples
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Ruscha himself has characterized them as his most "Duchampian" work.
Museum Blogs 2009
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Like most of the artist's work, the show is Duchampian in spirit.
Ruthie Abel: Last Call for Rirkrit's Soup No Soup at Gavin Brown's Ruthie Abel 2011
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Although Duchampian conceptualism has evolved into the theoretical basis for a major part of contemporary art, the freedoms it allows can easily lead astray artists lacking firm convictions, strong personalities and a wide perspective on art.
ArtScene: Current California Exhibitions You Should See ArtScene 2010
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Although Duchampian conceptualism has evolved into the theoretical basis for a major part of contemporary art, the freedoms it allows can easily lead astray artists lacking firm convictions, strong personalities and a wide perspective on art.
ArtScene: Current California Exhibitions You Should See ArtScene 2010
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Set aside for the moment the Duchampian/Warholian philosophical problem of identifying the author of the work, and glance at the instructions in Mr. Hirst's own words in the shows' glossy booklet: In the spot paintings the grid-like structure creates the beginning of a system.
Spotting the State of Art Paul Levy 2012
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Like most of the artist's work, the show is Duchampian in spirit.
Ruthie Abel: Last Call for Rirkrit's Soup No Soup at Gavin Brown's Ruthie Abel 2011
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These form-meets-function roosts—for swallows, wrens and other small birds—are downright Duchampian.
Home Tweet Home 2011
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Like most of the artist's work, the show is Duchampian in spirit.
Ruthie Abel: Last Call for Rirkrit's Soup No Soup at Gavin Brown's Ruthie Abel 2011
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He goes all the way to the Duchampian brink, allowing the individual elements to stand for themselves to such a degree that he almost reaches the point at which illusion collapses, leaving us with just a bicycle saddle and some handlebars.
A Magical Metamorphosis of the Ordinary Eric Gibson 2011
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Like most of the artist's work, the show is Duchampian in spirit.
Ruthie Abel: Last Call for Rirkrit's Soup No Soup at Gavin Brown's Ruthie Abel 2011
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