The Duchamp Dictionary

Thomas Girst, Luke Frost, Therese Vandling

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Thames & Hudson Ltd
07 April 2014

Art & design styles: Surrealism & Dada; Art & design styles: Conceptual art; Individual artists, art monographs

Marcel Duchamp (1887-1968) has entered mainstream culture as one of the founding fathers of modern art. Despite his popularity, books on Duchamp often shroud his work in theoretical and critical writing. Here, instead, is a book exploring the artist's life and work in a thoroughly new and engaging manner, with short, alphabetical dictionary entries written in lively, jargon-free prose that at last allow Duchamp's work and influence to be accessible and enjoyable for a wide audience.

The Duchamp Dictionary features the most interesting and important artworks, relationships, people and ideas in Duchamp's life, from chess, puns, the fourth dimension, love and genius, to the Bicycle Wheel and Fountain, Walter and Louise Arensberg, Peggy Guggenheim, Katherine S. Dreier and Arturo Schwarz. A contextual introduction shows how the dictionary form has been an inspiration to artists and writers from Flaubert to the Surrealists. Underpinned by the latest scholarship and research, Thomas Girst's texts show how, in the words of contemporary artist Thomas Hirschhorn, Duchamp was 'the most intelligent mind of his time'.

By: Thomas Girst
Illustrated by: Luke Frost, Therese Vandling
Imprint: Thames & Hudson Ltd
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 210mm, Width: 143mm, Spine: 31mm
Weight: 480g
ISBN: 9780500239179
ISBN 10: 0500239177
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 07 April 2014
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Thomas Girst is a German author and has been Head of Cultural Engagement at the BMW Group since 2003.

Reviews for The Duchamp Dictionary

A fittingly Duchampian book that challenges one's thinking about the artist and the book. This is a reference volume that begs to be read as a novel; it is a book for specialists of modern art that will also be enjoyable to the uninitiated. Libraries should purchase two copies of this book: one to be consulted in the reference section, another to circulate so that new generations of artists and scholars will discover Duchamp through this engaging book. Highly recommended.