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To be fair, it is pretentious writing. Who uses "Duchampian" instead of "Duchamp's"? That paragraph can be written much more simply without losing any nuance.
by StavrosK 6y ago
To be fair, it is pretentious writing. Who uses "Duchampian" instead of "Duchamp's"? That paragraph can be written much more simply without losing any nuance.
- nulbyte 6y agoI would imagine there is considerable intersection between people who say Duchampian with people who say Orwellian, Freudian, or Kafkaesque. It seems to me a fairly normal English construction.
- StavrosK 6y agoIt depends on the context, you wouldn't say "I read an Orwellian novel" when talking about 1984.
- hamburglar 6y agoOf course you wouldn't, because being Orwell, it's Orwellian by definition. But you could call another author's book Orwellian. Just as the quote in question was probably referring to things that are Duchamp-like, as opposed to just Duchamp's.
- datameta 6y agoOne can imagine a context where the qualities referenced aren't specific or limited to 1984. In such a case it would be perfectly apt to reference Orwell's writing style or body of ideas more globally.
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- tomjakubowski 6y agoDuchamp's readymade and Duchampian readymade don't mean the same thing. A skilled imitator could create a Duchampian readymade, but it wouldn't be Duchamp's work. https://www.perrotin.com/artists/Maurizio_Cattelan/2/another-fucking-readymade/5486 https://www.perrotin.com/artists/Maurizio_Cattelan/2/another...
- StavrosK 6y agoHow much skill is required to make a readymade? Isn't the whole point (and the origin of the name) that you don't alter it at all?
- TeMPOraL 6y agoIt's like with coining a joke or a funny meme. It's not hard to string a few words together or slap a caption on a picture; everyone can do that. The skill is in the ability to string the right words together or slap the right caption on the right picture, and perhaps create an extra ambiance around it.