Wednesday, October 8, 2008

discussion of duchamp and abstract impressionism

1. Duchamp claimed to go against "retinal" art for "conceptual" in order to engage the mind more and free the artist from the "intelligence of the hand" - does this bring art closer to the viewer plane and make it more accessible, or more arcane? And did he indeed abandon "retinal" art?

2. How close are the ties between abstract impressionism and futurism in style and feel. How much of it was a reflection of the contemporary time and how much a reflection on the products of our psyche (as observed through Freud)?

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