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Duchamp's Fountain (more images in post) (infosec.pub)
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[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Go read the OP again. All of it. You didn't read it, or you missed part of it, or you misunderstood something.

This is not me saying "I think you're wrong." It is saying your comment is fundamentally missing context that is in the OP. You'll know what we mean when you see it.

[–] bloup@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

In my opinion, you would be better served reading a history of Duchamp and a study of the piece rather than taking for granted screenshots of random people on the Internet. It’s true that we don’t actually know if Fountain is actually a readymade sculpture or not but the idea that most art scholars believe that it is not a ready-made sculpture is simply untrue. In any case, whether or not it is actually a ready-made sculpture doesn’t really have a bearing on its quality as an artwork. On the contrary, the whole point of the piece is to demonstrate that it is not important who actually made the physical object which represents the artwork.

Now that you understand that it is not a conventional opinion that Duchamp secretly made Fountain himself, I would like you to reconsider your answer to the question. And if you don’t believe me that it’s not a conventional opinion, I invite you to consult with literally any encyclopedia that has an article on the piece.