Marcel Duchamp was a 20th century artist who is deemed as being one of the most influential artists for the modern era. In order to create art that was in a level of its own, Duchamp states “I refused to accept anything, doubted everything. So, doubting everything, I had to find something that had not existed before, something I had not thought of before.” Yet he takes no credit for the modern era of artist uprising with a wider view or interpretation of art.
Duchamp had a mind state of looking beyond the widely accepted views of what constituted for art. He believed that there were (and still) are three trends that dominate the art scene; retinal painting, high seriousness and commercialism. Within the reader we find that Duchamp was against the commercial views of art. More importantly than creating unique images Duchamp saw the importance of the spectator to any piece of art. Commercialism was just a means of manipulating the viewers rather than invoking emotions and perceptions of importance to another individual.
What makes a painting great is not only the individual presence of the work but a collection of the painting and the spectator. The spectators are those who allow the image to live. The importance of the spectator is not only on the existing art but also on those to come. The spectators drive the flow of art and style, either by viewing or become the artist themselves. Thus, art is in everything and can be deemed as anything as long as the “spectator” is amongst its presence.
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