Tuesday, February 11, 2020
Marcel Duchamp is perhaps the most cited and least understood Western modern artist. His life and work, intrinsically and elusively intertwined, still hide secrets today that baffle, amaze, and sometimes offend when uncovered. Marcel Duchamp can be considered the “inventor” of conceptual art; however, he is best known for the humorous occurrences he called Readymades. In this course, we will review these varied dimensions of his figure with the goal of gaining a more thorough understanding of contemporary art, which is, to a certain extent, his legacy.
Beatriz Bastarrica Mora holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of the Basque Country, a Master’s in Art Theory from the University Center for Art, Architecture and Design (UdG), and a PhD in Social Sciences from the University Center for Social Sciences and Humanities (UdG). In her professional practice, she combines research into the social history of dress and art with the teaching of practical and theoretical artistic subjects (drawing, art theory) and the history of dress and fashion, as well as the curation of exhibitions related to both contexts.
