tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12658605.post116120254023756384..comments2023-05-23T15:12:59.365-07:00Comments on PeaceLove's Musings: Picasso MusingsPeaceLovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05571571887644175214noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12658605.post-61986859446681033382009-02-19T17:04:00.000-08:002009-02-19T17:04:00.000-08:00I have made an awesome recreation of his work at a...I have made an awesome recreation of his work at age 13. Of course it's not as beautiful, but it's actually very easy to make. It takes FOEVER, but it's not a very complicated conceptAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12658605.post-1162003133825463272006-10-27T19:38:00.000-07:002006-10-27T19:38:00.000-07:00Thanks for the comment, Utopus. Back in 2004, a p...Thanks for the comment, Utopus. Back in 2004, a panel of 500 British art critics voted Duchamp's 1917 "Fountain" (a store-bought urinal placed on display in a museum) the most important modern art work of the 20th century:<BR/><BR/>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/arts/4059997.stm<BR/><BR/>I'd be hard pressed to argue the point. Warhol's career, certainly, has a lineage almost directly traceable to Duchamp's seminal work and that of the other Dadaists. Warhol's great breakthrough was in the deliberate and promiscuous commodification of art; not only did he appropriate the everyday and mundane and call it art, but he used the full power of modern printing and distribution to make multiple copies. Warhol also blended the symbology of fame, the mythology of modern media, and the visual style of commercial art (where he got his start).<BR/><BR/>I chose Picasso because he created a visual language that continues to influence every aspect of our visual world even today. But Duchamp -- for entirely different reasons -- is certainly a worthy choice as well.PeaceLovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05571571887644175214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12658605.post-1161621861391904982006-10-23T09:44:00.000-07:002006-10-23T09:44:00.000-07:00I once thought Picasso as the most influential or ...I once thought Picasso as the most influential or important artist of the 20th century, but have changed my mind for Duchamp.<BR/><BR/>Picasso, of course, forever changed our ideas of perspective and form, but Duchamp really challenged our minds and the nature of "what is art?"<BR/><BR/>Though, Picasso's "Les Demoiselles d'Avignon" is probably the most important painting of the 20th century. I'll give him that.<BR/><BR/>Anyhow, that guy who poked a whole through "The Dream" is an idiot! I couldn't believe my eyes when I read that in the news last week. IDIOT!<BR/><BR/>Great blog, by the way. All of your art history blogs are good.<BR/><BR/>Best,<BR/>Magic UtopiaMagic Utopiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12900540873043489352noreply@blogger.com