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Bicycle Wheel

Bicycle wheel is a work of the artist Marcel Duchamp , created in Paris in 1913. Composed of metal and painted wood, it is a wheel bicycle (without tire) fixed by his fork on a wooden stool. The original work was lost, and Marcel Duchamp created replicas in the early 1960s.

Using manufactured objects, and he created the first ready-made , in an approach that involves the relocation of manufactured objects into works of art, which gave birth to many artistic tendencies.

His second work will be the ready-made wine rack , bought at BHV in Paris, his third work readymade is the famous Fountain (1917), a urinal porcelain overthrown and executed "R. Mutt 1917 "

Through the integration of motion (the wheel can turn), Bicycle Wheel is also considered one of the earliest works of kinetic art , and refers to previous work by the artist on the movement and its decomposition ( Nu Descending a staircase ).

"The Bicycle Wheel is my first readymade, so much so that it does not even called a readymade. See this wheel turning was very soothing, very comforting, it was an opening to something other than everyday life. I liked the idea of having a bicycle wheel in my studio. I liked the look as I like watching the movement of a fire. "- Marcel Duchamp ^References