Marcel Theroux

barbarity of World War I. A reaction to the horrors of humanity that were on display at war, followers of the movement strongly believed in a form of ‘anti-art’ that ridiculed the established art institutions. Two established artists of this time were Marcel Duchamp and Erik Satie, who are often looked at as heavy influences on this style. Their works “L.H.O.O.Q” and “Parade” are strong examples of the disruptive nature of this movement, and how Dada was an extreme rejection of traditional forms of art

Famous French-American artist-cum-chess player Marcel Duchamp once said, “The individual, man as a man, man as a brain, if you like, interests me more than what he makes, because I've noticed that most artists only repeat themselves.” Duchamp, a highly unorthodox artist of his time, was often hailed as being the Father of Contemporary Art. He detested the so-called “retinal” art of his peers, and strove to make it something deeper—something that manifested its meaning through the lens of the viewer’s

The presentation of gifts is an important aspect of modern day relationships, with the entire fourteenth of February dedicated to the exchange of chocolates, flowers, and jewelry. These presents are meant to serve as tokens of affection; symbolic of the devotion between lovers. However, Angela Carter presents these same gifts as obstacles that mediate the interactions between a couple, often to the detriment of the relationship. In her modern reimagining of The Grimm’s Fairy Tales, The Bloody Chamber

Fig 10 Fig 9 while photographers were celebrating form. Looking at the way that photographs and paintings were put together they spoke to one another. We also have the exploration of motion at this time, a comparison of this is by a cubist painter Marcel Duchamp, 1912, Nude Descending The Staircase, No. 2 (Fig 11) This is a cubist painting that represents Muybridge's Nude Descending a Staircase (Fig 12), 1887 which shows an actual movement

Marcel Duchamp is widely considered one of the most influential Dada artists. His works frequently included the use of ready-mades. Ready-mades are pre-fabricated items that the artist personally deems as art. For example, a chair, or table could potentially

Louise Nevelson— Sky Cathedral Presence Survey of World Art By Vyacheslav Borts The sculptress Louise Nevelson was a towering figure of American modernism. Born in 1899, she came to prominence in the late ‘50s, gaining renown for monochromatic structures built out of discarded wood. Critic Arthur C. Danto wrote, “There could be no better word for how Nevelson composed her work than bricolage—a French term that means making do with what is at hand.” (Danto 2007) Her pieces evolved and expanded

impact on the art world, without that precedent, artist such as Warhol, Jasper Johns, Pollock, Rauschenberg and Ai Weiwei could not and would not exist. Artist such as Robert Rauschenberg and Ai Weiwei have recognized Marcel Duchamp as influence significantly their art making practice. Marcel Duchamp (1887 –1968) was a French-American painter, and sculptor whose work is associated with Dadaism and conceptual art. The Dada movement had an immense impact on the art landscape and was a vehicle in allowed

Schieffelin describes gift exchange as a ‘rhetorical gesture in social communication’, it can be used as a method of solidifying, integrating and defining social relationships through the non-market exchange of goods, it is a social, cultural and economic experience. This ritual creates a respectful bond between both the giver and receiver. Previously gift exchange was considered more of a cultural tradition and religious practice, however contemporary gift exchange does not commemorate the rituals’

what gifts were appropriate. In one instance, gifted uncooked meat, which was a sign of disrespect, as the meat was not treated in the traditional ways. Finally in the article, “The Gift: The Form and Reason for Exchange in Archaic Societies”, by Marcel Mauss (1990), he discusses morality and organisation of moral economies in Scandinavian civilisation and how the moral economy complements the notion of individual self interests. Mainly, the rules of legality

oversized black muzzle and the minute tongue that permeated through. Gifts are meant to hold sentimental value, which is part of the reason why gifts are exchanged today. Yet, is there anything else that makes gifts more intriguing to what we see today? Marcel Mauss, a French sociologist , published The Gift in which he studied Polynesian culture and the