Exhibitions: Not Seen and /or Less Seen of/by Marcel Duchamp / Rrose Selavy
Marcel Duchamp: Press Luncheon, 10/18/65
1965

Press Luncheon. Participants include: Marcel and Teeny Duchamp, Martin Friedman, Don Morrison, 'Minneapolis Star,' John K. Sherman, ' Minneapolis Tribune,' Al McConagha ' Minneapolis Tribune,' Barabara Flanagan 'Minneapolis Star,' Will Jones 'Minneapolis Tribune.'

Marcel Duchamp: Press  Luncheon, 10/18/65
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Marcel Duchamp at the opening of Not Seen and/or Less Seen of/by Marcel Duchamp/Rrose Selavy, October 18, 1965.
 
 
 
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Track 1  Real Audio, 07:40
Making a living as an artist. Question: Is current pop art lacking in humor and wit?
 
Track 2  Real Audio, 04:51
Question: Which young artists do you find interesting? Question: Do young artists become famous too quickly, before developing technique? Discussion: reactions against abstract expressionism, return to nature and urban landscape in nature.
 
Track 3  Real Audio, 05:36
Discussion: painting soup cans, coke bottle and the role of the artist in photo-realism. Discussion: surrealism; Robert Motherwell.
 
Track 4  Real Audio, 06:38
Question: Is there significant art in France outside of Paris? Question: Can an artist work outside of New York City? The relation between Minneapolis and New York City.
 
Track 5  Real Audio, 08:58
Discussion: Sense of humor in art, found objects in art, and beauty. Discussion: Signing a painting by another artist for the first time in a restaurant, "pharmacy" a painting appropriated by Duchamp. Question: Relationship to subject matter, does he love/respect them?
 
Track 6  Real Audio, 11:11
Discussion: readymades, beauty through repetition (Mona Lisa with and without moustache), palindromes.
 
Track 7  Real Audio, 04:17
Discussion: contradiction in art; "Please Touch" a mass produced plastic breast sculpture.
 
 

Archive Details
Format: Open Reel
Generation: original
Length: 59:00

Format: CD-R Gold
Generation: preservation master
Length: 59:00

Format: CD-R Gold
Generation: restoration master
Length: 49:10


Accession Number: 65.01
Director: Walker Art Center
Executive producer: Walker Art Center
Production company: Walker Art Center
Type: audio