Artist whose work I hate: Marcel Duchamp

Marcel Duchamp was a French artist from the 1900's whose art reflected periods ranging from Post-Impressionism to Dadaism. The main idea of many of his works was to disrupt the idea that artist have to create their art. He did this by taking objects already created and putting his title as an artist on them.

Bicycle Wheel

Overall Impression
Although such a move is quite effective in making people see the indifference of the Dada movement, and made them think more about the piece with their mind rather than focusing on its aesthetic appeal, I find his pieces ridiculous. The disregard that he gives artists who actually spend time on their work is disrespectful in a manner.

L.H.O.O.Q.

Fresh Widow

Fountain

In advance of the broken arm

Closing Thoughts
Duchamp's work attempts to get viewers to think about his pieces with their mind rather than focusing on how nice the composition would be. But by taking regular objects and signing them (sometimes not even with his own name), he dismisses the work that was actually put into these pieces and ridicules them.

Sources

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcel_Duchamp
• http://www.egs.edu/library/marcel-duchamp/biography/
• http://www.moma.org/learn/moma_learning/themes/dada/marcel-duchamp-and-the-readymade