In the video loop, Nauman recorded himself spewing water out of his mouth over and over as a statement of physical endurance, thereby making himself the art object. The video still exemplifies the effect that Duchamp had on art even decades later by demonstrating an artist's struggle with the meaning of the original work - it shows how much Duchamp was very much a part of the collective unconscious of artists almost 50 years later.
Monday, September 21, 2009
tangential fountain
And in case you weren't convinced about Duchamp's Fountain being fundamentally important in modern art, take a look at this still of a video by Nauman from his early work in minimalist video Self-Portrait as a Fountain:
In the video loop, Nauman recorded himself spewing water out of his mouth over and over as a statement of physical endurance, thereby making himself the art object. The video still exemplifies the effect that Duchamp had on art even decades later by demonstrating an artist's struggle with the meaning of the original work - it shows how much Duchamp was very much a part of the collective unconscious of artists almost 50 years later.
In the video loop, Nauman recorded himself spewing water out of his mouth over and over as a statement of physical endurance, thereby making himself the art object. The video still exemplifies the effect that Duchamp had on art even decades later by demonstrating an artist's struggle with the meaning of the original work - it shows how much Duchamp was very much a part of the collective unconscious of artists almost 50 years later.
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