Summary
Readymade Shadows is a photographic print showing a replica of Marcel Duchamp’s (1887–1968) readymade Bicycle Wheel 1913 (Museum of Modern Art, New York), which is shown in a studio suspended in mid-air at an angle. Behind this, covering a wall or partition, are stretched white fabric sheets against which lean two wooden boards. In the foreground, trestles have been set up, upon which a plank of wood and another wooden board have been placed to form a tabletop or work surface. On this are placed some indeterminate objects and a trilby-type hat. The suspended Bicycle Wheel casts a strong shadow onto the white sheets behind it and onto one of the leaning boards… (read more)
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