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

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[–] Crankley@lemmy.world 4 points 13 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.