语录杜尚

by Marcel Duchamp

本书为杜尚的语录汇编，撷取自艺术评论家皮埃尔•卡巴纳在杜尚生前对其所作的唯一一次访谈。其有如偈语一般短小精炼的话语，无论关于生活还是艺术，都时时予人启发。此书由著名设计师朱赢椿操刀编辑和制作，设计理念源自杜尚当年为朋友制作的一部文集，编者希望以这种方式，做出一本如杜尚所言的“有趣”的书。
我们或许只知道他的几件惊世骇俗的作品：他给达•芬奇的传世肖像名作《蒙娜丽莎》画胡子，他把小便池送到展览会当作品展出。我们轰然一笑，以为那只是一个西方嬉皮士的精巧玩笑……杜尚的玩笑却不是一时的，而是长存不朽的。他嘲笑的不只是艺术的陈旧和拘泥，而是人类认识和对待世界的狭隘和刻板，这狭隘和刻板够他拿来笑话一辈子了。——王瑞芸

176 pages, Paperback

Published July 1, 2013

About the author

Marcel Duchamp (also known as Rrose Sélavy) was a French artist (he became an American citizen in 1955) whose work and ideas had considerable influence on the development of post-World War I Western art, and whose advice to modern art collectors helped shape the tastes of the Western art world.

While he is most often associated with Dada and Surrealism, his participation in Surrealism was largely behind the scenes, and after being involved in New York Dada, he barely participated in Paris Dada.

Thousands of books and articles attempt to interpret Duchamp's artwork and philosophy, but in interviews and his writing, Duchamp only added to the mystery. The interpretations interested him as creations of their own, and as reflections of the interpreter.

A playful man, Duchamp prodded thought about artistic processes and art marketing, not so much with words, but with actions such as dubbing a urinal "art" and naming it Fountain. He produced relatively few artworks as he quickly moved through the avant-garde rhythms of his time.