![]() In addition, its placement can also be seen as slightly erotic, adding to the shock and vulgarity of it. The texture and form still are reminiscent of a urinal, a form which would have been highly controversial and considered inappropriate due to its relations to bodily functions. So, he also used the very same elements that elevated the urinal to a work of art to also remind people that it is still just a urinal. ![]() He believed that artists were taking themselves and were taken far too seriously. ![]() Even if it’s presented as a piece of fine art, it is still a urinal. One of his purposes with this piece was to poke at a very serious art world. However, being a man who preferred chess over art, nothing was ever straightforward. It was for the artists to decide what was and was not a piece of art. Duchamp was challenging the notion that art was strictly retinal and could only be made with traditional means. With these elements he was able to make even a urinal look like a piece of art and have the elements and principles which are also commonly found in very famous works. Through the elements and principles he also portrayed elements that seemed very artistic, such as texture, emphasis and tone. He took an article of life, placed it so that its useful significance disappeared under the new title and point of view - created a new thought for that object." Since Duchamp modified it and put it in a new context calling it art, it was now art. Mutt made the fountain with his own hands or not has no importance. An avant-garde magazine called The Blind Man claimed: "Whether Mr. However, Duchamp and many others argue that it in fact is. This wasn't the normal materials used in making art, which many argued was a reason to not call it that. It was an object which was primarily used for something else, in this case a urinal which was typically used in restrooms. It didn't follow typical convention in use of materials. As it was a ready-made piece, it was not made with the traditional works of art. He wanted to question the idea of what constituted art as declared by academics and critics, who he saw as the self-elected and unqualified arbiters of taste. Through challenging art and it’s relation to the medium, one arrives at the question as to what is art if this is also considered art.
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