Marcel Duchamp

Online JournalMarcel Duchamp’s importance in twentieth-century art is comparable only to Picasso’s. Duchamp is one of those rare personalities whose influence directly altered the course of history, in this case art history, dividing it into a before and an after. Many artists have left their mark on the development of contemporary art, but Duchamp cleared and paved new paths that, without him, would have been impossible; even now many of those avenues are only beginning to be explored.” Page 5, Excerpt from “Great Modern Masters — Duchamp” General Editor: Jose Maria Faerna, Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, 1996… read more…