Saturday, February 23, 2008

Janice Kim: Marcel Duchamp - Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2



I chose this painting as an example of art where an artist uses a simple form in a complex manner. Marcel Duchamp decided to draw a woman coming down a staircase, which I think would have been quite a simple image had he not decided to draw the entire trace of the motion instead of capturing a moment, which made the painting exceedingly complex.

1 comment:

studio foundations spring 2008 said...

Really good call with this painting - its complexity with the simple figures is extremely effective in depicting movement