Word: duchampians
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Dates: during 1971-1971
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...living artist had to cope with. His Promethean spirit was written into the idea of modernism itself. Not now. The only men of Picasso's generation whose work still exerts pressure on modern painting are Henri Matisse (1869-1954) and Marcel Duchamp (1887-1968). To artists nurtured on Duchampian irony, the very idea of the culture-hero, which Picasso embodies, is suspect. The last 15 years have seen a reaction against the cult of expressive personality in art, and Picasso has caught the backlash. He took the virtuoso's role, enlarged it, identified it with himself, and reamed...
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