Tuesday, January 30, 2007

Marcel Duchamp (1887-1968) & Richard Hamilton (born 1922)


Marcel Duchamp 1887-1968
Richard Hamilton born 1922

© Succession Marcel Duchamp/ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London 2002
The Bride Stripped Bare by her Bachelors, Even (The Large Glass) 1915-23, replica 1965-6, lower panel reconstructed
La Mariйe mise а nu par ses cйlibataires, mкme

Oil, lead, dust and varnish on glass
object: 2775 x 1759 mm
sculpture

Presented by William N. Copley through the American Federation of Arts 1975

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The Large Glass has been described as ‘a diagram of an ironic love-making machine of extraordinary complexity’. The upper part is dominated by the Bride, whose imagined sexual fulfilment or “blossoming” is represented by a pink cloud. In the lower part, nine dressmaker’s models, or ‘malic moulds’ (a pun on ‘male’ and ‘phallic’), symbolise the Bachelors. The two realms communicate only through complex machinery including a series of sieves filled with dust and a chocolate grinder, which filter the Bachelors’ desire before it is shot upwards at the Bride. This replica was made by the artist Richard Hamilton with Duchamp’s approval.

(From the display caption April 2004)

Wednesday, January 10, 2007

my new collage

my new collage : "Hommage Man Ray" digital, 2005-07
http://artnow.ru/img/17000/17982.jpg

Digital collages artists

Photos and digital collages
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