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Duchamp's Fountain (more images in post) (files.catbox.moe)

submitted 1 day ago by Interstellar_1@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/curatedtumblr@sh.itjust.works

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[–] trolololol@lemmy.world 10 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

I didn't care about fountain and now I still don't. But the discussion was engaging, so I kept reading.

I don't think he's a genius, maybe he was just having fun and doing inside jokes to himself while creating all of this. Art can bring out emotions, one of which is laughter. Who knows besides himself?

[–] Crankley@lemmy.world 4 points 12 hours ago

I had a great teacher that did a wonderful job of contextualising it so loved it when I first was told the story.

It's worth taking a dip into the history books to get a better sense of art culture at the time. It doesn't ring of genius without it but when you realise just how audacious and tangential to the norm it was chefs kiss. Beautiful.