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Title: Marcel Duchamp, art and the ethical signifi cance of a renewed relationship with the object
Authors: Vella Rago, Manuel
Keywords: Duchamp, Marcel, 1887-1968 -- Criticism and interpretation
Duchamp, Marcel, 1887-1968 -- Philosophy
Issue Date: 2015
Publisher: University of Malta. Faculty of Theology
Citation: Vella Rago, M. (2015). Marcel Duchamp, art and the ethical signifi cance of a renewed relationship with the object. Melita Theologica, 65(2), 91-105
Abstract: In this paper I shall show that the artworks of Marcel Duchamp (1887-1968) harbour as yet unheeded ontological and ethical implications. I shall do this through an investigation of Duchamp’s readymades and his writings on “indifference,” as well as Duchamp’s most complex work, The Large Glass. I shall show that Duchamp’s works accomplish a recalibration of the work-spectator relationship through which modern art reclaims and proclaims the object’s inherent rights to self-manifestation and self-affirmation. I conclude by showing that the challenge posed by Duchamp’s art does not pertain to art alone, but calls for a genuine renewal of our ethical relationship with the other generally.
URI: https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/15333
ISSN: 1012-9588
Appears in Collections:MT - Volume 65, Issue 2 - 2015
MT - Volume 65, Issue 2 - 2015



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