What you need to know about Marcel Duchamp's Fountain

Icon, or iconoclastic? A sly joke or a serious statement about modern art? Marcel Duchamp’s ‘Fountain’ is one of the most influential artworks of the 20th century. In this video, Dalí / Duchamp co-curator Dawn Ades explains how it came into being, and the instant uproar it caused in 1917 New York.
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Awesome, Thanks for the upload!!

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They still don't get it.

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Care to explain without boring me to death?

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@@cleftbajone8080 think its about challenging what counts as art or what should be memorised and celebrated a such in a museum

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It's a urinal that wasn't mounted on a wall. This is no better than a statue of Christ in a bottle of piss. Call it a fountain all you want, either there is an error in translation or it was done on purpose to mock true artistic talent.