Marcel Theroux

Introduction If you’re thinking, “Human Equations? Does that mean a bunch of people got together and formed equations with their body?”, you might want to pause and think about how you got yourself in this situation. If you’re thinking, “Human Equations! Weren’t they done by famous photographer Man Ray?”, you’re on the right track, but not quite there yet. Formally known as Shakespearean Equations, the Human Equations are a series of paintings where artistic practice meets mathematical puzzles,

What is the greatest gift one can receive? Most would say it is money, or clothes, or even a 50 dollar gift card to Starbucks. But what is it really? Sometimes we don't really realize that that we receive gifts every day, but the ones on special occasions like Christmas or Easter. That is why the greatest gift anyone can receive is food since it’s culturally important, not everyone has it, and we can't live without it. Food is culturally is important because many cultures indulge in making lavish

Marcel Duchamp’s concept of the objet trouvé or ready-made as subject matter and material for his work inspired the use of popular imagery in Pop art. The use of trivial imagery in his work brought art into the every day world and made the every day world

Marcel Duchamp’s, ‘Fountain’ {1917}, is a readymade installation which undermines the conventional practices of art making and display, challenging notions and rejecting the classical aesthetic. Marcel Duchamp {1887-1968}, was a French artist who broke down the boundaries between works of art and everyday objects. His mockery for conventional aesthetic standards led him to devise his famous ready-mades, proclaiming an artistic revolution. The term “ready-made” came to label mass- produced everyday

After reading about the controversial artworks, I found that most of these artwork are labeled the way they are because they don’t fit social norm or it is either related to a touchy topic subject matter. In my opinion, I feel that artworks such as Marcel Duchamp, Fountain (1917) and Dana Schutz’s Open Casket (2016) are necessary in our society, because they create new perspective, tell ignored narratives, and etc. The Fountain is readymade urinal that is rotated and signed on the pedestal is “R Mutt”

The study is designed to understand the different social issues related to different characters in the novel To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf. It focuses on the Victorian and Modern marriages and highlights how the female characters are different from one another. Similarly, there are a lot of religious doubt, degrading women, and an unclear vision in the novel by one of the characters. However, there are deaths in the novel too. Similarly, it will focus on the two central women in the story.

Although there are significant distinctions between Dadaism and Surrealist movement in their focus of interest in exploring the language and the art, they also happen to have similar concept for groundbreaking the norms and sometimes makes it hard for people to differentiate them. Then, here is an artist who manage to cover and is considered to be one of the pioneers for both Dadaism and Surrealism: Max Ernst. Due to the traumatic army experience during the World War 1, Ernst became highly critical

One of the more notable pieces in the exhibition was one created by Marcel Duchamp, an artist who worked with found objects, which was a prominent characteristic and medium that began New York Dada art. He used objects that were coined as “ready-made”, where he uses an item that people would see in their ordinary lives and

I think that Virginia Woolf uses different angles or non-conventional places because she tries to define the kind of life that British people had at the time and this is helpful to understand the context. During Mrs. Dalloway’s day, the characters move through different places in London, frequenting streets or parks. Thus, location becomes important because it remarks the contrast between the characters' public and private selves along with the social classes where they belong. Furthermore, some

In the book 'The gift', Mauss demonstrates how in all societies, individuals should have the rights and freedom to choose whether they want to give gifts, however, he notices that giving gifts are compulsory in most societies. Mauss speaks about a study that explains how giving gifts is done as a whole rather than between individuals. The gifts were not only materialistic such as possessions and prosperity but through festivities and events such as rituals and dances. These type of gifts resemble