Tuesday 24 May 2011

'Fountain' - Marcel Duchamp

125 hours stitching time
over 21,000 stitches


Finished piece framed 
12" x 16"









Fountain is the most famous of Duchamp's so-called ready made sculptures ordinary manufactured objects designated by the artist as works of art. It epitomises the assault on convention and accepted notions of art for which Duchamp became known. 


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This is a faithful photographic reproduction of an original two-dimensional work of art. The work of art itself is in the public domain for the following reason because its copyright has expired.









The original, which is now lost, consisted of a standard urinal, laid flat on its back and signed with a pseudonym, 'R. Mutt 1917'. The 'Fountain' we would see on display to day is one of a small number of replicas which Duchamp authorised in 1964, based on a photograph of the original by 
Alfred Stieglitz.
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3 comments:

  1. Evangelia15 August 2011 at 20:08

    This is so awesome, How are you turning photographs in to cross stitch patterns?
    I saw on some of your other post that you turned it in to a stencil and then put it on a grid, but how did you do that?

    I am a photographer and would love to be able to cross stitch some of my images. :-)

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  2. whitnit26 August 2011 at 17:43

    I also loved his coat-hook fixed to the floor, so people would trip over it... It was called 'trap' :)

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  3. leona13 January 2013 at 17:25

    I use macstitch software for the images. it takes a bit of editing once I've imported it to get the final design. Its a good piece of software - have used it for all my cross-stitch. I remember the days of pencils and graph paper - this is so much easier

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