Marcel’s Unhappy Readymade (documentation and related works)
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Marcel’s Unhappy Readymade (documentation and related works) is a conceptual art project centered on the ephemeral, weather-altered transformation of a geometry textbook hung outdoors, preserved and explored through photographs, notes, and subsequent interpretive works.
Observed surface forms (1)
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| Unhappy Readymade | 0 |
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
artwork documentation
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conceptual art project ⓘ series of related works ⓘ |
| artMovement |
Dada
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conceptual art ⓘ |
| centralObject | geometry textbook ⓘ |
| creator |
Marcel Duchamp
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Marcel Duchamp NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| documentedBy |
photographs of the altered geometry textbook
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written descriptions and notes ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
documentation as an artistic medium
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relationship between idea and material object ⓘ time-based transformation of an artwork ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
photographic documentation
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subsequent interpretive works ⓘ written notes ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn |
artworks that foreground documentation over object
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later conceptual practices involving books ⓘ |
| hasMainWork | Unhappy Readymade NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSubjectMatter |
geometry
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mathematics ⓘ |
| interpretedIn |
art historical studies of conceptual art
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later critical essays ⓘ |
| involvesProcess |
exposure of a book to outdoor weather
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photographic recording of changes ⓘ progressive deterioration of pages ⓘ subsequent reinterpretation by other artists and scholars ⓘ |
| keyAction | hanging a geometry textbook outdoors ⓘ |
| language |
English in later commentary
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primarily French ⓘ |
| medium |
book
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photography ⓘ text ⓘ |
| questions |
boundaries between artwork and documentation
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role of the artist’s hand ⓘ stability of the art object ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Marcel Duchamp’s readymades
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concept of the dematerialization of the art object ⓘ |
| theme |
chance operations
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delegation of artistic agency to natural forces ⓘ ephemerality ⓘ weather-induced transformation ⓘ |
| usesStrategy |
embrace of entropy and decay
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instruction-based realization ⓘ |
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