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...the full title.The full title is This is Not Magritte Thinking Like Duchamp
If you are familiar with Marcel Duchamp and Rene Magritte (and you really should be) this piece might make complete sense.
pencil, graphite pencil, goache, acrylic paint + digital (and tombo marker if you count for the signature)
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i dont know why but i really thought it was an open mouth with eyes and a nose when i saw it in your gallery.
great work^^
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I think I studied Duchamp in art ...... also think my books with school. Anyway I really like this, love how sketchy it is and the cool subject matter
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This is great, from thumbnail view this reminded me of Duchamp, and hovering over it made me think, it must be something to do with them two, and i was right. Anyway, i love how you can work with soft colours and at the same time brighter and stronger colours. Keep up the great work.
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I found interesting the magritte-duchamp game pictured in a 'realistic' style.. is like if the urinaire had returned to its place and still can be beautiful... by the way, it reminds me spanish painter Antonio Lopez's work [link]
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Duchamp/ Magritte were making a point in their own way about how anything could be labled art if it was just said so. I'm not sure if they meant that in a positive way or not (banking on the "or not"), but I found it hilarious, especially for that time.
So, are you making a similar statement, or just thought it'd be fun to draw a urinal. Cause either way, it's cute.
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you made this soft..approachable...is that what makes it sarcastic?...by the way..style encompasses you....
ps. you did a piece with me in it...awryazure [link] just to say hello and i'm still enjoying your work. have a nice one!
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I always liked how your rendering turned out. It is one of my favorites of the series.
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Oh yeah he was. Back then irony was far less common and cheeky. Now it's just an excuse for me to draw bathroom fixtures
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Haha. Any excuse to idolize the porcelain god? Well, it was only a matter of time before someone took DuChamp's fascination with "modern American goods" to a new level.
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Well, it was only a matter of time before someone took DuChamp's fascination with "modern American goods" to a new level.
Although I am far from the person to have done that with this, I do have some ideas of similar approach (although not necessarily involving bathroom furniture). Sometimes the aesthetically fascinating is embedded in the utterly mundane.
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Hahaha, excellent. Just lovely
Magritte was beyond description. I wish I had one tenth of his creativity
Fabulous picture, and the title makes it even better
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That must be in pop. especially if you know who are Duchamp and Magritte.
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i love duchamp and Magritte! this is a great... is this an ode?
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In a way, I would certainly say so.
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ok, thats what i thought... just makin sure though lol
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eheh. i think r. mutt was the name he signed this. cool.
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I've heard the names, but that's all. I take it this is along the lines of "this-is-not-a-pipe" ? I believe I'll have to take a little trip to the library - art hist books are awesome, and I don't have enough of them.
Anyhow - this is good, as always. I love your style. Good choice of colours, it looks very dank. :]
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for a minute i thought it had something to do with plumbing..you know, "this is not a pipe"...nm..nice piece
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Or Douche-champ as I like to call him. I like yours, though, it's actually art.
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I like yours, though, it's actually art.
Lol. Now that is a compliment!
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i don't get it
i'm familiar with both, i know the fameous toilet thing
but... where does magritte fits in?
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i love the simplicity and how you can take an everyday object and make it look this good....yes, i think that would be Magritte and Duchamp! keep up the great work! n__n
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i only get half of the joke here as i am a huge lover of magritte, but i do not know of the other artist. but that aside, i still thoroughly enjoy this image
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Duchamp was a guy who liked to poke fun at the art establishment, and one thing he did was submit a urinal signed R. Mutt (itself an in joke referring to the German word for "poverty" among other bizarre acts).
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unfortunately the meaning is completely lost on me ... but the actual piece is well done ...
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Well the short answer is Magritte did a whole series of images of objects with a countering line below them (i.e. a picture of a pipe and text saying "this is not a pipe" with the impkication being that it is not a pipe, but an image of a pipe, a representation), and Duchamp had a penchant for testing the boundaries of art, and often made fun of the snooty art establishment by taking everyday objects and using them. From the wikipedia entry: Marcel Duchamp took aim at conventional notions of "high art," "culture" and commodities by presenting mass-produced objects such as a bottle rack or a snow shovel as sculpture. He coupled his visual assaults on "art" with verbal puns: he signed his Fountain, "R. Mutt," or "armut," German for poverty, and named a Mona Lisa defaced by a drawn-on goatee beard and moustache L.H.O.O.Q., a coarse French pun (When pronounced in French, "elle a chaud au cul", it means "She's got a hot ass").
He was a fascinating guy.
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very interesting ... thanks for the clarification
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Haha. Witty title! And nice work too. Truly a fountain of inspiration. Fountain. Get it?
I think what I like about your linework in general is that it feels energetic and anarchic, and yet each dash and line comes together to form an incredibly cohesive picture, like you are constructing a precise image out of imprecise strokes. That must entail an impressive mental visualisation of the final piece, which is an object of great envy for an amateur such as myself.
So, yeah. Sweet.
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That must entail an impressive mental visualisation of the final piece, which is an object of great envy for an amateur such as myself.
Yes, but not in the fashion you most likely expect.
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Ha, clever title. I like Magritte's work, I'm not familiar with Duchamp other than the well-known fact about that prize-winning toilet of his, a real joke if you ask me.
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hahaha ... really gooood work ...
i love it ! (and i love duchamp and magritte too, of course )
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Duchamp changed the world of art more than anyone else in this century in my opinion, an amazing artist.
Although looking at the title I shouldnt be talking about him, so I really like the stains on the wall, gives it some real character.
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