Duchamp’s Telegram

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From Beaux-Arts to Art-in-General

By Thierry de Duve

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In 1917, Marcel Duchamp sent a provocative 'telegram' to the art world by submitting a urinal signed R. Mutt. This act, which was met with both celebration and condemnation, challenged traditional notions of art and is considered a turning point leading to what is now called the 'post-Duchamp' era.

Thierry de Duve offers a fresh reading of this pivotal moment, revealing that Duchamp’s gesture marked the end of the fine arts system and the beginning of the 'Art-in-General' system—a broader concept of art that actually emerged decades earlier, in the 1880s. Rather than being its creator, Duchamp is portrayed as the brilliant messenger of this systemic change.
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Ideal for readers interested in modern and contemporary art theory, art history students, and those curious about the conceptual shifts that shaped postmodern art. This book suits scholars and art enthusiasts seeking a deep, thought-provoking examination of Duchamp’s impact.

Duchamp’s Telegram

A reading of Duchamp's 'telegram' to the art world, a urinal signed R. Mutt.

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In 1917, Marcel Duchamp sent out a 'telegram' in the guise of a urinal signed R. Mutt. When it arrived at its destination a good forty years later, it was both celebrated and vilified as proclaiming that anything could be art; from that point on, the whole Western art world reconfigured itself as 'post-Duchamp'.

Duchamp’s Telegram offers a reading of Duchamp's telegram that sheds new light onto its first reception, corrects some historical mistakes, and reveals that Duchamp's urinal, in fact, heralds the demise of the fine arts system and the advent of what Thierry de Duve calls the 'Art-in-General' system. Further, the author shows that this new system does not date from the 1960s but rather from the 1880s. Duchamp was neither its author nor its agent, but rather its brilliant messenger.

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Choice praises the book as a "non-linear, retrospective study" that challenges common interpretations of Duchamp's Fountain, highlighting Duve's insightful distinction between ideas of art universality and the "Art-in-General" system. The reviews commend de Duve's original and prescient analysis of Duchamp’s role in art history and his epochal significance.

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ISBN: 9781789146981

Publisher: Reaktion Books

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 01 June 2023

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Reaktion Books

Illustration: 156 illustrations, 69 in colour

Audience: Tertiary education

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Width: 156.0mm

Height: 234.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 456

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Arts & Culture Non-Fiction Thierry de Duve

About the Author

Thierry de Duve is the Evelyn Kranes Kossak Professor at Hunter College, City University of New York. His books include Sewn in the Sweatshops of Marx: Beuys, Warhol, Klein, Duchamp.

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