>I though Duchamp was making fun of the art world. This piece is part of the DaDa art movement. They were not so much making fun of the art world as they were

>I though Duchamp was making fun of the art world. This piece is part of the DaDa art movement. They were not so much making fun of the art world as they were deliberately revolting against the world. It started about the same time WWI did and it's mostly symbolic of people (not just the artists) rejecting a society that could cause such a massive war.