Reinventing the Wheel : Dualism and the Hedonic Treadmill P/L

     

This ancient wheel

with so many names

turning still/         

 Sisyphus by Titian, 1549 
 Groundhog Day, 2 February/1993
        
And yet...

To see the wheel turning was very soothing, very comforting, a sort of opening of avenues on other things than material life of every day. I liked the idea of having a bicycle wheel in my studio. I enjoyed looking at it just as I enjoy looking at the flames dancing in a fireplace. It was like having a fireplace in my studio, the movement of the wheel reminded me of the movement of the flames.

- Marcel Duchamp : Arturo Schwartz, The Complete works of Marcel Duchamp, London: Thames and Hudson, 1969, p.442

    

Reinventing the Wheel: the Readymade Century

     

Monash University Museum of Art

Caulfield campus

3 October – 14 December 2013

Presented in association with the Melbourne Festival

    
The Laughist...
                    

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 A Person Looks At A Work Of Art/

 someone looks at something ...
 

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 A Person Looks At A Work Of Art/

 someone looks at something ...
 

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 A Person Looks At A Work Of Art/

 someone looks at something ...
 

 LOGOS/HA HA