Children of Duchamp

source: highlike

Work: The artist creates variations of Duchamp’s first readymade Bicycle Wheel using simple combination of various pre-manufactured wheels and stools. These variations of Duchamp’s piece function as samples and suggest they are only few of many other possible configurations.
Photographer: Nobutaka Aozaki
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source: spoon-tamago

In a further exploration into whether artists are best represented by their words or works, Brooklyn-based Japanese artist Nobutaka Aozaki created a series titled “Children of Duchamp.” In a contemporary interpretation of the Dadaist’s philosophy, Aozaki created variations of Duchamp’s famous Bicycle Wheel using readymade/ pre-manufactured products like IKEA furniture, Playmobile toys and Barbie doll packaging.

“In this project I pay attention to technical aspects of Readymade such as artistic labor versus productive labor, educational instructable art making, and displacement of artist’s identity,” says Aozaki.
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source: eyespired

In een interview uit 1968 met de BBC, net voor zijn dood, zei Marcel Duchamp: “Kunst is er niet om begrepen te worden.”. Waarop de Engelse kunstenaar Grayson Perry verkondigde dat we nu allemaal kinderen van Duchamp zijn.
De Japanse kunstenaar Nobutaka Aozaki ging verder aan de haal met deze woorden. En maakte deze serie met de titel “Kinderen van Duchamp.” Waarbij ze haar eigen interpretatie creëerde van het beroemde fietswiel van Duchamp met behulp van geprefabriceerde producten zoals IKEA meubels, Playmobil speelgoed en een Barbie.
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source: ideafixa

“A arte não está aí para ser compreendida”, disse Marcel Duchamp, em uma entrevista de 1968 que foi ao ar na BBC pouco antes de sua morte. Isso levou o artista inglês Grayson Perry a proclamar: “Somos todos filhos de Duchamp agora”.

O artista japonês Nobutaka Aozaki criou uma série intitulada “Filhos de Duchamp.” Uma interpretação contemporânea da filosofia dadaísta. Aozaki criou variações da famosa Roda de Bicicleta de Duchamp, usando uma série de produtos pré-fabricados, como móveis da IKEA, brinquedos, embalagens Playmobil e bonecas Barbie.