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Exhibition
Debating American Modernism: Stieglitz, Duchamp, and the New York Avant-Garde
Touring Exhibition 2003 -
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Georgia O'Keeffe Museum
Santa Fe/New Mexico
January 24, 2003 - April 20, 2003
A rich dialogue between the circle of artists associated with American photographer Alfred Stieglitz (1864–1946) and French artist Marcel Duchamp (1887–1968) spurred the development of modern art in the United States between 1915 and 1929. During World War I many European artists, including Duchamp, left their homelands bound for New York, a metropolis thriving with industrial and technological advancement. Skyscrapers, telephones, and automobiles wee altering the course of daily life at a dizzying speed while equally significant changes were transforming the social arena, particularly in the realm of sexual politics. Sigmund Freud's and Havelock Ellis's theories of sexuality garnered widespread interest during these years, as did the subject of equality between the sexes and the struggle for woman suffrage. The lively debate between the artists associated with Stieglitz and Duchamp ensued against this backdrop of sweeping societal and cultural change.
A rich dialogue between the circle of artists associated with American photographer Alfred Stieglitz (1864–1946) and French artist Marcel Duchamp (1887–1968) spurred the development of modern art in the United States between 1915 and 1929. During World War I many European artists, including Duchamp, left their homelands bound for New York, a metropolis thriving with industrial and technological advancement. Skyscrapers, telephones, and automobiles wee altering the course of daily life at a dizzying speed while equally significant changes were transforming the social arena, particularly in the realm of sexual politics. Sigmund Freud's and Havelock Ellis's theories of sexuality garnered widespread interest during these years, as did the subject of equality between the sexes and the struggle for woman suffrage. The lively debate between the artists associated with Stieglitz and Duchamp ensued against this backdrop of sweeping societal and cultural change.
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Courtesy of Georgia O'Keeffe Museum. Photo: Tim Nighswander/IMAGING4ART
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