Episode 17: Maria Martins ;) Marcel Duchamp - The Impossible III, 1946 // Etants Donnes, 1946 - 1966

Dec 9

NSFW - NSFW - NSWF

Maria Martins, *The Impossible III*, 1946. Bronze. 31 1/2 x 32 1/2 x 21"

Marcel Duchamp, *Étant donnés: 1° la chute d'eau, 2° le gaz d'éclairage . . . (Given: 1. The Waterfall, 2. The Illuminating Gas . . . )*. 1946 - 1966, mixed media installation.

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Stephanie and Russell are back with a full serving and boy, it is piping hot and VERY NSFW!

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Stephanie and Russell are back (!) to discuss two prolific artists who were opposites in many ways: one was wealthy, one was not; one was cold, one was hot; one is well-known in Art History, one is not.

Marcel Duchamp is considered hugely influential to changing modern painting and sculpture through his contributions to Dada, Surrealism, eventually inspiring Pop Art.

Maria Martins, a pioneering Brazilian sculptor making bold, sexy, and surreal works the art world had yet to see in the 1940s, is rarely ever mentioned in Modern Art History despite exhibiting with the Surrealists or she is merely mentioned as “Marcel Duchamp’s mistress” (which is incorrect).

Their paths crossed in the 1940s New York City art scene, where they mingled and fell in love, leading them to pursue an unexpected fiery romance that had a lasting and fascinating impact on their lives, their artwork, and ultimately, Art History.

Stephanie and Russell discuss elements of their relationship through Maria Martin’s The Impossible III (1946) and Marcel Duchamps’ “Etants Donnes” (1946 -1966).

Here is a video of Etants Donnes by a gallery visitor

Topics include: Rectangular Boys of Parlor, the Fourth Dimension, urinals, sensual samba dancers, face cleavage, runaway vaginas, Thomas Kinkade, and teeny hacksaws.

The Art Pantry this week is Bronze Casting:

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