Marcel Duchamp exhibition in Munich

Posted By on June 26, 2012

The Lenbachhaus Kunstbau in Munich features an exhibition about “Marcel Duchamps in Munich 1912″ until July 15th, 2012. The show marks the 100th anniversary of the artists stay in Munich.

“Marcel Duchamp (28 July 1887-2 October 1968) changed art history. His painting “Nude, Descending a Staircase, No. 2” (1912) captured the ideas and influences of a whole epoch in one iconic image. His readymades fundamentally altered our ideas of what art is, of how artists produce it, and of the institution of the museum.”

If you have a chance, go!

Marcel Duchamp: Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2 (1912). Oil on canvas. 57 7/8″ x 35 1/8″. Philadelphia Museum of Art.

Marcel Duchamp playing chess in 1952. (Kay Bell Reynal photo in the Smithsonian Institution Archives of American Art.)

Marcel Duchamp/Richard Hamilton: The Bride Stripped Bare by her Bachelors, Even [The Large Glass] (1915-1923; replica 1965-1966), oil, lead, dust and varnish on glass, 277.5×175.9cm

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