Duchamp exhibition london barbican

February to June next year spanning art, dance, music, theatre and film.
Marcel Duchamp, widely considered the father of conceptual art and the most influential artist of the 20th century.
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Bachelors is the first exhibition to explore Marcel Duchamp’s (1887–1968) impact on four great modern artists – composer John Cage (1912–1992); dancer and choreographer Merce Cunningham (1919–2009) and visual artists Robert Rauschenberg (1925–2008) and Jasper Johns (born 1930).

Marcel Duchamp and his anti-art legacy: This new Barbican exhibition takes a look at Marcel Duchamp and four of his most vocal disciples, and how they made anti-art the very essence of contemporary art today.
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Johns, che ogniweekend è animata dalle performance live ispirate a coreografie di Cunningham, pensate dall’artista come l’equivalente danzante dei ready made di Duchamp.
Bachelors: Duchamp with Cage, Cunningham, Rauschenberg and Johns, Philippe Parreno has conceived a dynamic experiential staging of the exhibition inspired by the choreography of Cunningham and the music of Cage.
Cage, Cunningham, Rauschenberg and Johns is on display at the Barbican Art Gallery, Barbican Centre, Silk street, EC2Y 8DS until 9 June.