Marcel Duchamp’s massive influence on modern art is difficult to avoid. His influence on the punk movement is particularly important and inspirational to me. It has allowed me to express myself in my own practice and take the idea of a readymade piece of art further. Instead of asking the question, like Marcel Duchamp, what is art ? I feel we can now ask the question, what is a readymade ?
Is a painting a readymade because the paint is already there and when you choose to put on an item of clothing as fashion to display to others to say something about yourself, are you creating a readymade by putting them in a new context ? When a DJ plays a record is he creating a ready made, because he is the one being applauded for somebody else’s work ? I feel these have all evolved from Marcel Duchamp’s decision to exhibit a urinal and they are all readymade pieces of art.
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