Infinite regress
Subtitle: Marcel Duchamp, 1910-1941
By: David Joselit.
Publisher: MIT Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 252
Subjects: Duchamp, Marcel, 1887-1968 -- Criticism and interpretation
Description: In Infinite Regress, David Joselit considers the plurality of identities and practices within Duchamp's life and art between 1910 and 1941, conducting a synthetic reading of his early and middle career. Taking into account underacknowledged works and focusing on the conjunction of the machine and the commodity in Duchamp's art, Joselit notes a consistent opposition between the material world and various forms of measurement, inscription, and quantification.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-242) and index.
"An October book."