Marcel Duchamp
Henri-Robert-Marcel Duchamp was a French, naturalized American painter, sculptor, chess player and writer whose work is associated with Cubism, conceptual art and Dada, although he was careful about his use of the term Dada and was not directly associated with Dada groups. Duchamp is commonly regarded, along with Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse, as one of the three artists who helped to define the revolutionary developments in the plastic arts in the opening decades of the twentieth century, responsible for significant developments in painting and sculpture. Duchamp has had an immense impact on twentieth-century and twenty first-century art. By World War I, he had rejected the work of many of his fellow artists (like Henri Matisse) as "retinal" art, intended only to please the eye. Instead, Duchamp wanted to use art to serve the mind. He is considered by many critics to be one of the most important artists of the 20th century, and his output influenced the development of post–World War I Western art. He challenged conventional thought about artistic processes and rejected the emerging art market, through subversive anti-art. He famously dubbed a urinal art and named it Fountain.
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as Chess player, black setStop-motion photography blends with extreme slow-motion in Clair's first and most 'dada' film,...
Movie pageUncertain Verification
as (archive footage)A short film containing a collection of clips from various Hollywood movies.
Movie pageAndy Warhol Screen Tests
as SelfThe films were made between 1964 and 1966 at Warhol's Factory studio in New York City. Subjects...
Movie pageWitch's Cradle
as The artistThe surrealist film shows repetitive imagery involving a string fashioned in a bizarre, almost...
Movie page8 x 8: A Chess-Sonata in 8 Movements
as uncredited8 x 8: A Chess-Sonata in 8 Movements is an American experimental film directed by Hans Richter,...
Movie pageMarcel Duchamp: The Art of the Possible
as Self - Artist (archive footage)A remarkable walk through the life and work of the French artist Marcel Duchamp (1887-1968), one...
Movie pageEurope After the Rain
as SelfDada came out of the craziness of World War One. "The birth of Dada was not the beginning of art...
Movie pageMerce by Merce by Paik
as uncreditedMerce by Merce by Paik is a two-part tribute to choreographer Merce Cunningham and artist Marcel...
Movie pageDadascope
as Self / VoiceoverFree-associative images are juxtaposed with disorienting poetry in Richter's late work. The film...
Movie pageParis: The Luminous Years
as uncreditedA storm of Modernism swept through the art worlds of the West in the early decades of the...
Movie pageDada
as uncredited1967 film directed by Greta Deseson about the Dada art movement. Featuring Marcel Duchamp, Man...
Movie pageScreen Test [ST80]: Marcel Duchamp
as HimselfMarcel Duchamp alternates between scrutinizing the camera, and smiling and nodding in response...
Movie pageGrimace
as uncreditedProduced over several years between 1962 and 1967, Grimaces shows the faces of over a hundred...
Movie pageThe Great Rehearsals: Homage to Edgard Varèse
as SelfEdgard Varèse died on 6 November 1965, a few days before the filming of the rehearsal of his...
Movie pageLafayette, We Come
as Wounded manLeroy Trenchard loves Therese Verneuil, and when Leroy enters the army goes to France to fight,...
Movie pageMarcel Duchamp: Iconoclaste et Inoxydable
as uncreditedThree-part, three-hour documentary with interviews about Marcel Duchamp.
Movie pageMarcel Duchamp: A Game of Chess
as HimselfMarcel Duchamp and French director Jean-Marie Drot discuss life, art, and chess.
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