Lee Love on sun 8 jan 06
Hehe. Performance art, vandalism, urinal? I guess it is in the eye of
the beholder:
http://painting.about.com/b/a/233531.htm
January 07, 2006
Performance Art or Vandalism?
Pierre Pinoncelli, a 77-year-old Frenchman, has been arrested for taking
a hammer to Marcel Duchamp's famous urinal, /The Fountain/, one of the
pieces which established Conceptual Art. According to news reports, he
told the police it was a piece of performance art Duchamp would've enjoyed.
also:
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/07/arts/design/07duch.html?hp
Conceptual Artist as Vandal: Walk Tall and Carry a Little Hammer (or Ax)
By ALAN RIDING
Published: January 7, 2006
PARIS, Jan. 6 - The Dada movement made its name in the early 20th
century by trying to destroy the conventional notion of art. Taking
literal inspiration from their exploits this week, a latter-day
neo-Dadaist took a small hammer to Marcel Duchamp's "Fountain," the
factory-made urinal that is considered the cornerstone of Conceptual Art.
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Lee Love
in Mashiko, Japan http://mashiko.org
http://seisokuro.blogspot.com/ My Photo Logs
"Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication."
--Leonardo da Vinci
Jim Murphy on sun 8 jan 06
And for Pinocelli's next "act", how 'bout "a swirly"? ;o)
Best wishes,
Jim Murphy
on 1/7/06 9:25 PM, Lee Love at Lee@MASHIKO.ORG wrote:
> Performance Art or Vandalism?
> Pierre Pinoncelli, a 77-year-old Frenchman, has been arrested for taking
> a hammer to Marcel Duchamp's famous urinal, /The Fountain/, one of the
> pieces which established Conceptual Art. According to news reports, he
> told the police it was a piece of performance art Duchamp would've enjoyed.
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