This is beautiful, Rob. I seem to recall seeing some prior discussion about this but I haven't read it so I don't know what was discussed. One of the things I like is how such a project questions the true authenticity of a very famous work whose authenticity was challenged by both the "art world" and its very creator. The fact that the original urinal disappeared and that Duchamp was later commissioned to make more (I believe there are 8 of them in existence) does just that. I found it somewhat humorous, a few years ago, when someone attacked the urinal in the Pompidou, breaking it, and they were concerned about how much it was going to cost to repair it. Personally, I think they would have been better off simply keeping it on display in its broken form (Duchamp may even have preferred this solution as well, i.e. the broken glass in The Bride Stripped Bare). But now everyone can have their own urinal and it will be as much of an original as those 8 that are owned by various museums.
On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 9:37 AM, Rob Myers <[email protected]> wrote: > My 3D print of the Urinal has arrived from the 3D printing company > Shapeways: > > http://robmyers.org/weblog/2011/02/shapeways-urinal-print.html > > You can get your own here: > > http://www.shapeways.com/model/212121/urinal.html?gid=sg61211 > > How about a sandstone, glass or stainless steel one? :-) > > - Rob. > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > -- ***************************** Pall Thayer artist http://www.this.is/pallit ***************************** _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list [email protected] http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
