Marcel Broodthaers

1924–1976

Marcel Broodthaers, ‘Casserole and Closed Mussels’ 1964
Casserole and Closed Mussels 1964
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Biography

Marcel Broodthaers (28 January 1924 – 28 January 1976) was a Belgian poet, filmmaker and artist with a highly literate and often witty approach to creating art works.

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Artworks

Marcel Broodthaers, ‘Casserole and Closed Mussels’ 1964

Marcel Broodthaers Casserole and Closed Mussels

1964
T01976
Marcel Broodthaers, ‘Atlas’ 1975

Marcel Broodthaers Atlas

1975
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Marcel Broodthaers, ‘Daguerre’s Soup’ 1975

Marcel Broodthaers Daguerre’s Soup

1975
P07214
Marcel Broodthaers, ‘The Farm Animals’ 1974

Marcel Broodthaers The Farm Animals

1974
P07385
Marcel Broodthaers, ‘I Return to Matter, I Rediscover the Tradition of the Primitives, Painting with Egg, Painting with Egg’ 1966

Marcel Broodthaers I Return to Matter, I Rediscover the Tradition of the Primitives, Painting with Egg, Painting with Egg

1966
T03089
Marcel Broodthaers, ‘Mademoiselle Rivière and Monsieur Bertin’ 1975

Marcel Broodthaers Mademoiselle Rivière and Monsieur Bertin

1975
T01977
Marcel Broodthaers, ‘Paintings’ 1973

Marcel Broodthaers Paintings

1973
T03696
Marcel Broodthaers, ‘Tractatus Logico Catalogicus - Art or the Art of Selling’ 1972

Marcel Broodthaers Tractatus Logico Catalogicus - Art or the Art of Selling

1972
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Richard Long, ‘A Line Made by Walking’ 1967
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Systems art

Loosely describes a group of radical artists working in the late 1960s early 1970s who reacted against art’s traditional ...

Jef Cornelis Still from an untitled film made for Zoeklicht op de culturele actualiteit 1971
Tate Papers

Two Exhibition-Related Films by Jef Cornelis: Landmark Exhibitions Issue

This discussion of two films made for television in 1971 by Flemish filmmaker Jef Cornelis brings into relief an underlying ...

Marcel Broodthaers Décor as it was originally installed at the Institute of Contemporary Arts, London 1975 one
Tate Etc

Esprit Décor: Marcel Broodthaers

In 1975 the Belgian artist Marcel Broodthaers (1924–1976) made the piece Décor for the ICA, London. A large crab ...

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Tate Etc. issue 13: Summer 2008

TATE ETC Issue 13 Summer 2008: Visiting and revisiting Art, etcetera; online edition of Tate's magazine
Henk Peeters White Feathers 2003
Tate Papers

Nothing but the Real Thing: Considerations on Copies, Remakes and Replicas in Modern Art

Lydia Beerkens. Nothing but the Real Thing: Considerations on Copies, Remakes and Replicas in Modern Art; Tate Papers, no.8
Joseph Beuys on the cover of Der Spiegel 5 November 1979
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The legacy of a myth maker: Joseph Beuys

Joseph Beuys is considered by some as the most important of the post-war period – a sculptor, performance artist, teacher and ...

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