Surpris par la nuit

The drawings “Surprised by the Night” were produced while listening to a France-Culture transmission about Marcel Duchamp’s permanence in Buenos Aires in 1918 and 1919, when the French artist had decided to stop painting and started mainly to play chess.

2009

10,5 × 15 cm

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He was so beautiful, he had such a crazy charm!
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He was so beautiful, he had such a crazy charm!

Beside some tango – there is nothing.
I play chess, alone at the moment
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Beside some tango – there is nothing. I play chess, alone at the moment

A possibility to get out of myself, to get freed from my habits, to go to the moon
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A possibility to get out of myself, to get freed from my habits, to go to the moon

He is nothing anymore and people just imagines everything
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He is nothing anymore and people just imagines everything

He went to Buenos Aires in order to stop painting
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He went to Buenos Aires in order to stop painting

Attempt to put aside the Ego
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Attempt to put aside the Ego

A film without an end
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A film without an end

We got along well – we collaborated above all playing chess
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We got along well – we collaborated above all playing chess

I will concentrate on him and on his relationships with the objects and the chess
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I will concentrate on him and on his relationships with the objects and the chess

Avoid to get recruited by the war!
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Avoid to get recruited by the war!

An art work has to be watched in order to exist. 
The spectator is as important as the artist
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An art work has to be watched in order to exist. The spectator is as important as the artist

Marcel Duchamp is always looking for provocation
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Marcel Duchamp is always looking for provocation

He didn't like to talk about painting.
He always came back to chess
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He didn’t like to talk about painting. He always came back to chess

He seemed to be very hearty and peasant.
He was very beautiful, too
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He seemed to be very hearty and peasant. He was very beautiful, too

All movement has to die
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All movement has to die

He took many notes
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He took many notes

The cadrage is a Ready-Made
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The cadrage is a Ready-Made

The unhappy Ready-Made
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The unhappy Ready-Made

The hazard, very well, but not the improvisation
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The hazard, very well, but not the improvisation

We are all children of Marcel Duchamp
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We are all children of Marcel Duchamp