Rrose Sélavy
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Rrose Sélavy is the female alter ego and artistic pseudonym of Marcel Duchamp, used in his Dada and Surrealist works to explore identity, gender, and wordplay.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| R. Mutt | 1 |
| Rrose Selavy | 1 |
| Rrose Sélavy canonical | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
artistic persona
ⓘ
female alter ego ⓘ fictional character ⓘ pseudonym ⓘ |
| activePeriod |
1920s
ⓘ
1930s ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Rose Sélavy
ⓘ
Rrose Sélavy ⓘ
surface form:
Rrose Selavy
|
| associatedWith |
André Breton
ⓘ
Man Ray ⓘ Surrealist Group in New York ⓘ
surface form:
New York Dada
Surrealist Group in Paris ⓘ
surface form:
Parisian Surrealism
|
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| creator | Marcel Duchamp ⓘ |
| depictedAs | Marcel Duchamp dressed in women’s clothing ⓘ |
| depictedIn | photographic portraits by Man Ray ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
avant-garde art
ⓘ
experimental literature ⓘ |
| genre | conceptual art ⓘ |
| hasCreatorGender | male ⓘ |
| hasGenderPresentation | female ⓘ |
| influenced |
later feminist art
ⓘ
performance art involving drag ⓘ queer theory discussions of Duchamp ⓘ |
| languageOfName | French ⓘ |
| medium |
photography
ⓘ
readymades ⓘ text ⓘ |
| movement |
Dada
ⓘ
Surrealism ⓘ |
| nameMeaning | pun on “Eros, c’est la vie” ⓘ |
| notableFor |
exploration of gender identity
ⓘ
exploration of sexual ambiguity ⓘ photographic portraits in drag ⓘ use of wordplay and puns ⓘ |
| notableQuoteAttribution | series of French puns and aphorisms published under the name Rrose Sélavy ⓘ |
| partOf | Marcel Duchamp’s overall artistic strategy ⓘ |
| realNameOfCreator |
Marcel Duchamp
ⓘ
surface form:
Henri-Robert-Marcel Duchamp
|
| roleInWork |
author of aphorisms and puns
ⓘ
signature on various Duchamp readymades ⓘ |
| theme |
eroticism
ⓘ
linguistic play ⓘ questioning fixed identity ⓘ subversion of gender norms ⓘ |
| usedInWork |
Anemic Cinema (as author of some puns)
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Belle Haleine: Eau de Voilette ⓘ L.H.O.O.Q. ⓘ
surface form:
L.H.O.O.Q. (as signature in some versions)
Why Not Sneeze, Rrose Sélavy? ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Fountain
this entity surface form:
R. Mutt
this entity surface form:
Rrose Selavy