Marcel Duchamp Redux
Norton Simon Museum
April 25 through December 8
Opening next month is Marcel Duchamp Redux, a special installation commemorating the 45th anniversary of Marcel Duchamp's legendary retrospective at the Pasadena Art Museum (now the Norton Simon Museum). Organized by Director Walter Hopps in 1963, By or of Marcel Duchamp or Rrose Sélavy was the first-ever retrospective of the artist's oeuvre. Organizing an exhibition around this groundbreaking artist was a major coup for a small West Coast institution. The Museum's challenge to East Coast authority was widely touted, and Hopps went on to organize a series of innovative exhibitions there.
Marcel Duchamp Redux features 12 Duchamp works acquired by the Museum during and after the 1963 exhibition, as well as photographs and ephemera from the retrospective.
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Had a chance to see this and other Marcel Duchamp pieces on my visit to the Norton Simon museum. Very unique artist, pieces were very simple on one hand, but very creative and impressive on the other. Used Primary colors, and simple shapes to create most of his artworks; by doing such he made you fight and try to figure out an alternative meaning to the picture.
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