Marcel’s Unhappy Readymade (documentation and related works)

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Marcel’s Unhappy Readymade (documentation and related works) is a conceptual art project centered on the ephemeral, weather-altered transformation of a geometry textbook hung outdoors, preserved and explored through photographs, notes, and subsequent interpretive works.

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instanceOf artwork documentation ⓘ
conceptual art project ⓘ
series of related works ⓘ
artMovement Dada ⓘ
conceptual art ⓘ
centralObject geometry textbook ⓘ
creator Marcel Duchamp ⓘ
Marcel Duchamp ⓘ
documentedBy photographs of the altered geometry textbook ⓘ
written descriptions and notes ⓘ
focusesOn documentation as an artistic medium ⓘ
relationship between idea and material object ⓘ
time-based transformation of an artwork ⓘ
hasComponent photographic documentation ⓘ
subsequent interpretive works ⓘ
written notes ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn artworks that foreground documentation over object ⓘ
later conceptual practices involving books ⓘ
hasMainWork Unhappy Readymade ⓘ
hasSubjectMatter geometry ⓘ
mathematics ⓘ
interpretedIn art historical studies of conceptual art ⓘ
later critical essays ⓘ
involvesProcess exposure of a book to outdoor weather ⓘ
photographic recording of changes ⓘ
progressive deterioration of pages ⓘ
subsequent reinterpretation by other artists and scholars ⓘ
keyAction hanging a geometry textbook outdoors ⓘ
language English in later commentary ⓘ
primarily French ⓘ
medium book ⓘ
photography ⓘ
text ⓘ
questions boundaries between artwork and documentation ⓘ
role of the artist’s hand ⓘ
stability of the art object ⓘ
relatedTo Marcel Duchamp’s readymades ⓘ
linked to: Duchamp readymades

concept of the dematerialization of the art object ⓘ
theme chance operations ⓘ
delegation of artistic agency to natural forces ⓘ
ephemerality ⓘ
weather-induced transformation ⓘ
usesStrategy embrace of entropy and decay ⓘ
instruction-based realization ⓘ

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Suzanne Duchamp → notableWork → Marcel’s Unhappy Readymade (documentation and related works) ⓘ