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It's fascinating that people say Duchamp stopped being a practicing artist when he turned his obsessions to chess. I would say he just changed his medium. He wa
by yolesaber 10y ago
It's fascinating that people say Duchamp stopped being a practicing artist when he turned his obsessions to chess. I would say he just changed his medium. He wasn't one for retinal works anyway.
- platz 10y agoThis mag (mentioning Duchamp) called it "chess sickness": http://thepointmag.com/2014/examined-life/exiles-game http://thepointmag.com/2014/examined-life/exiles-game “Much of an exile’s life is taken up with compensating for disorienting loss by creating a new world to rule,” wrote Edward Said. “It is not surprising that so many exiles seem to be novelists [and] chess players.” ["Chess-Playing Excitement” in 1859 - comments] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9786486 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9786486
- thevibesman 10y ago> I would say he just changed his medium. I would agree with this. Another change like the change from Cubism to Dada to 'make your paint' in reaction to production of factory made paint. Cubism -> Dada -> Chess