On this day in 1913 the Armory Show opened in NYC. Its Modernist paintings challenged the prevailing academicism and altered the course of art history in America. For the heated anti-Modernist debates taking place in Canada see p.11: https://t.co/XRGVSx0UCs
Image: Marcel Duchamp

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On 17th February 1913 The Armory Show opened to the public. If I could go back in time to see an exhibition then this might be the one!
(Duchamp - Nude Descending a Staircase)

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Shinichi Maruyama, "Nude" (2012)—a series of photos, thousands of layers deep, of a nude dancing as an attempt to translate Duchamp to photography.

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Marcel Duchamp - Nude Descending a Staircase no.2 (1937)
vs
Gjon Mili - Nude Descending a Staircase (1949)

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Le nu descendant l'escalier de Duchamp et Orphée de Gustave Moreau

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Fun fact about me: every single time I see a tyrosine residue on a solution NMR structure, I think about Duchamp’s Nude Descending a Staircase
https://t.co/skIDGi7ZTt

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Sonata ; 1911
by Marcel Duchamp

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“I don't believe in art. I believe in artists.”

― Marcel Duchamp

by Luis Camara

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Art reinvents itself. Even with the shocking news of a banana being taped to a wall then eaten. It’s really not new. Don’t forget Marcel Duchamp was the godfather. As for painting after it was claimed as dead, I still prefer visible marks, drips, smudges, to be my process.

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