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PublisherVerlag Der Buchhandlung Walther König

ISBN-103863352270

ISBN-139783863352271

eBay Product ID (ePID)159936110

Product Key Features

Book TitleHe Was Wrong

Number of Pages140 Pages

LanguageEng,Swe

TopicCollections, Catalogs, Exhibitions / Group Shows, Individual Artists / General, Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions / General

Publication Year2013

IllustratorYes

GenreArt

AuthorDaniel Birnbaum

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Length0.1 in

Item Width6.7 in

Additional Product Features

Dewey Edition23

Number of Volumes2 vols.

Dewey Decimal709.22

SynopsisBy many art history accounts, the art of the twentieth century was decided by Pablo Picasso and Marcel Duchamp. In these versions, Picasso stands for prolific production, a fierce expressionism, endless research of the picture plane and a sense of voracious creativity; whereas Duchamp stands for cerebral brilliance, rejection of optical pleasure and a subtle but all-pervasive conceptual sabotage and irony. (Of course, they shared as many traits, including an appetite for provocation and the recognition of eros as a fundamental, animating life principle.) So who was right? This volume, published for a show at the Moderna Museet in Stockholm, argues for both sides of the coin, looking at various aspects of both oeuvres, including Picasso's fascination with the Minotaur and Duchamp's Rrose Selavy alter ego. The book is appropriately divided in two halves separated by a reverse binding., Two giants, Pablo Picasso and Marcel Duchamp, together for the first time. Picasso, who personified the modernist painter, and Duchamp, the indifferent ironist and chess genius, who challenged painting and transformed art into a maze of intellectual amusements.This catalogue represents a passionate confrontation between what are perhaps the greatest of rivals in 20th century art. Reflecting on the resistance each artist felt towards the other is especially meaningful given that 2012 is the centennial anniversary of the first meeting between Picasso and Duchamp.The contrasts between the two artists are explored, from Picasso's fascination with the Minotaur to Rrose Selavy, Duchamp's feminine alter ego. Before Picasso died in 1973, he had noted, with rising resentment, that other artists were challenging his legacy.Published on the occasion of the exhibition Picasso / Duchamp: "He was wrong" at Moderna Museet, Stockholm, 25 August 2012 3 March 2013.English and Swedish text.

LC Classification NumberN6490

Text byJones, Ronald