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One must understand that Duchamp did not think his “readymade”
sculptures were aesthetically interesting at all, and thus his
contribution was NOT really to elevate everyday objects into art, but to
undercut art as being any better than everyday objects. In his own
words, “My idea was to choose an object that wouldn’t attract me by its
beauty or its ugliness. To find a point of indifference in my looking at
it.” To like Duchamp’s readymades aesthetically is to miss the point.
They are not art objects, but objects used in an argument against art,
or at least against the beautiful in art. He claimed that the
Impressionists were only about the “retinal” aspect of art, and he was
reacting against them, the Fauvists, and others. Why people accept his
word that the Impressionists were merely about surface beauty escapes
me. Just because something has surface beauty doesn’t mean there isn’t
more to it. Meanwhile, Duchamp eventually made numbered, singed editions
of his readymades for sale. Apparently, while rejecting notions of
intrinsic worth in art, he embraced the monetization of art objects, so
long as they were his own. So, he was for people buying his own bottle
rack as art, but against them buying the same one in the store and
keeping it as art.
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Title: Plastic Plates
Medium: Plastic
Date: December 2021
Caption: Plastic utensils produce harmful toxic byproducts that can
contaminate food when heated. The toxic byproducts, known as
oligomers, are formed during plastic production and may be poisonous
to humans. Colonizers introduced plastci into colonised lands to
slowly posion the locals in prisons.
Title: Liquid Foundation
Medium: Glass and plastic
Date: December 2021
Caption: For skin and eye irritation tests, chemicals are rubbed onto
the shaved skin or dripped into the eyes of restrained rabbits,
without any pain relief.
Title: Milk carton
Medium: Paper and plastic
Date: December 2021
Caption: Milk is derived from cows. Even though the animal is alive
when it is milked, the treatment of dairy cows is poor, including
steroid use and forced impregnation.
Title: Fake plant
Medium: Plastic
Date: December 2021
Caption: They are made with dyes in large factories they only
contribute to our growing pollution problems. Whereas, living plants
are absorbed back into the Earth and play into the natural cycle of
life.