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Fountain - Duchamp
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whyderrito
lemmy.dbzer0.com
whyderrito@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2026-08-26
Posted:   Subject: Fountain - Duchamp Quote

I give you all REAL ART. I'm off to make my trash elsewhere. Thanks.
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mrmisses
lemmy.world
mrmisses@lemmy.world
Joined: 2026-02-03
#2 Posted:   Subject: Re: Fountain - Duchamp Quote Reply

I got to see this in person! My favorite piece of art
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rnercle
sh.itjust.works

merde@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-06-27
#3 Posted:   Subject: Re: Fountain - Duchamp Quote Reply
mrmisses wrote:
I got to see this in person! My favorite piece of art

I got to see this in person! My favorite piece of art

one of its replicas, you mean
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fakeman_pretendname
feddit.uk
fakeman_pretendname@feddit.uk
Joined: 2023-07-01
#4 Posted:   Subject: Re: Fountain - Duchamp Quote Reply

It's always a bit surprising to remember this is now about 109 years old, produced during the First World War.
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whyderrito
lemmy.dbzer0.com
whyderrito@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2026-08-26
#5 Posted:   Subject: Re: Fountain - Duchamp Quote Reply
fakeman_pretendname wrote:
It's always a bit surprising to remember this is now about 109 years old, produced during the First World War.

I used to dislike it, but now i get what they were responding to.
Now I love it.
Here's your fine arts. lol.
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yetAnotherUser
lemmy.ca
yetAnotherUser@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2023-07-08
#6 Posted:   Subject: Re: Fountain - Duchamp Quote Reply
whyderrito wrote:
I used to dislike it, but now i get what they were responding to. Now I love it. Here's your fine arts. lol.

I've seen it before, but I don't know much about the work's context other than it trying to challenge the idea of what art can be. Do you know anything else about it?
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Rob T Firefly
lemmy.world

rob_t_firefly@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-07
#7 Posted:   Subject: Re: Fountain - Duchamp Quote Reply
yetAnotherUser wrote:
I've seen it before, but I don't know much about the work's context other than it trying to challenge the idea of what art can be. Do you know anything else about it?

Its wiki article is a good source of deeper info.
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yetAnotherUser
lemmy.ca
yetAnotherUser@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2023-07-08
#8 Posted:   Subject: Re: Fountain - Duchamp Quote Reply
Rob T Firefly wrote:
Its wiki article is a good source of deeper info.

Thanks!
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