The Society of Independent Artist’s was about all that was new and progressive in art, accepting of all forms of art until, Duchamp, under the alias R. Mutt, submitted The Fountain. The Fountain is an image of a urinal, and the Society did not consider it a work of art because of its indecent nature when viewed by a woman. The Society made an immediate decision to not show the work, although Duchamp had paid the fee of six dollars’ artists were being charged to display their work in the inaugural exhibition. “Duchamp was testing The Society of Independent Artist’s commitment to the freedom of expression and its tolerance of new concepts of art” (Howarth, 2000). Duchamp protested the Society’s decision to not show his work and viewed …show more content…
He also was co-producer of the first data periodical in New York. Blindman was published to “celebrate ‘the birth of Independence of Art in America’ (Roche, 1917)” (2015, 1917).
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2015, S. H. (1917). The Blind Man. In H.-P. Roche, Blindman (Vol. no. 1).
FIDES QUAERENS IMAGINEM THE QUEST FOR LITURGICAL REFRAMING. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://scriptura.journals.ac.za/pub/article/download/121/129
Howarth, S. (2000, April). Marcel Duchamp, Fountain, 1917 replica 1964. Retrieved April 24, 2017, from Tate Org: www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/duchamp-fountain-t07573
Roche, H.-P. (1917, April 10). The Blind Man. Retrieved April 24, 2017, from Tate Org: