Marcel Duchamp
Le mystère de Munich
22 Jun - 30 Sep 2012
The artist Marcel Duchamp arrived in Munich on 21 June 1912 and lived in Barer Straße 65 for three months. Summer 2012 will mark the 100th anniversary of his stay in Munich. In this context the Architekturmuseum der TU München is showing a sculpture curated by Rudolf Herz on the south lawn in front of the Alte Pinakothek, the immediate vicinity of Duchamp's place of residence. Herz, concept artist and media researcher, is recreating Duchamp's Munich flat in a reinforced concrete sculpture on a scale of 1:1, tilted by 90 degrees. He closes in on Duchamp's stay as if conducting a 'criminal investigation', relying on sources unknown so far.
'My stay in Munich was the scene of my complete liberation', Marcel Duchamp explained. A radical upheaval becomes apparent in the artist's work of that time, leading from traditional oil painting via kinetic glass paintings to his ready-mades, with which he revolutionized the art of the 20th century. Thus, any details on his stay in Munich are of utmost importance.
'My stay in Munich was the scene of my complete liberation', Marcel Duchamp explained. A radical upheaval becomes apparent in the artist's work of that time, leading from traditional oil painting via kinetic glass paintings to his ready-mades, with which he revolutionized the art of the 20th century. Thus, any details on his stay in Munich are of utmost importance.