Tuesday, March 13, 2018

Four times the minimalism!

Saw this little roll-a-round souvenir stand at the henequen / sisal hacienda Sotuta de Peon -- a really interesting place.

All the sisal based knick knacks were cool and we bought a couple, but what really caught my interest was the stand itself: four bicycle front forks and wheels.  About as simple as it can get.

Knew it reminded me of something.  Eventually realized what, and also who.  Bicycle Wheel, Marcel Duchamp, 1913.  DuChamp was a pioneer of minimalist art and Dada movement.  "Duchamp's insistence that art should be an expression of the mind rather than the eye or the hand spoke to Minimalists and Conceptual artists alike."

Marcel Duchamp and Bicycle Wheel:


Souvenir Seller and Push Cart with Four Bicycle Wheels:



Dada movement is associated with concept of absurdist art.
Oxymoron "Four times the minimalism!" is my own small contribution.


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