Exploring Marcel Duchamp’s Readymades in Modern Art

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Cathlyn Baptiste

Professor LavittArt Appreciation 6-34253

2 April 2022

Exploring Marcel Duchamp’s Readymades in Modern Art

Readymade is described as an everyday object selected and designated as art, which came from French artist Marcel Duchamp. Duchamp, who was born in 1887 and died in 1968, started his career as a painter. Throughout his career, he created many pieces of art: paintings and sculptures. He always remained true to himself and only created what he wanted to create. The first piece of readymade art was made in 1913, the Bicycle Wheel, a wheel mounted on a stool. This piece was in protest against the vast importance of the…