eye of the beholder: Reaction to Duchamp's "The Creative Act"
According to Marcel Duchamp's essay "The Creative Act," because of the mysterious nature of the creative process to outsiders, the act of creation is much-misunderstood. The work of an a Continue Reading...
This is not simply unique to "Readymade," although this facet of art is brought to the forefront in this particular work. But Duchamp stresses that since "the tubes of paint used by an artist are manufactured and readymade products we must conclude Continue Reading...
Grotesque
If one goes back to Plato and examines what the Greek philosopher had to say about beauty and truth, one discovers the foundation of the transcendental spirit in the West. The Greek philosophers -- Socrates, Plato, Aristotle -- more or le Continue Reading...