Duchamp, Man Ray, Picabia
The Moment Art Changed Forever
At the Tate Modern, London
Now through May 26, 2008
From the Tate Modern Web site:
Marcel Duchamp, Man Ray and Francis Picabia were at the cutting edge of art in the first half of the twentieth century, and made a lasting impression on modern and contemporary art. Duchamp invented the concept of the “˜readymade”™: presenting an everyday object as an artwork, Man Ray pioneered avant-garde photographic and film techniques and Picabia”™s use of kitsch, popular or low-brow imagery in his paintings undermined artistic conventions.
Their shared outlook on life and art, with a taste for jokes, irony and the erotic, forged a friendship that provided support and inspiration. At the heart of the Dada movement and moving in the same artistic circles, they discussed ideas and collaborated, echoing and responding to each other”™s works. Duchamp, Man Ray, Picabia explores their affinities and parallels, uncovering a shared approach to questioning the nature of art.
via artdaily.org