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Marcel Duchamp Rrose Sélavy: Mocking Art

Marcel Duchamp Rrose Sélavy: Mocking Art

Blunck, Lars

Paperback

Art Criticism & TheoryArt HistoryConceptual Art

Publisher Price: $64.99

ISBN10: 3689242487
ISBN13: 9783689242480
Publisher: Dg Arts
Published: Nov 12 2025
Pages: 240
Weight: 1.37
Height: 0.63 Width: 6.69 Depth: 9.37
Language: English

Marcel Duchamp was one of the most enigmatic artists of the 20th century. In 1920 he invented an alter ego called Rrose Sélavy, who would become one of the most dazzling characters in modern art. This ground-breaking book is the first to fully explore the complex history of Rrose Sélavy in detail. It takes into account all the relevant works, reconstructs all the historical contexts, and sheds light on Duchamp's artistic attitude in the 1920s. Known also under the name Rrose Sélavy (Duchamp), he playfully and ironically mocked the pretensions of the art and artists of his time, friends and foes alike. In Rrose Sélavy, he, who rejected all -isms, took the liberty of creating his own -ism: a self-proclaimed au-culism. Rrose Sélavy was mocking art.

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