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Yasumasa Morimura 森村泰昌
A Requiem: Theater of Creativity / Self-portrait as Marcel Duchamp (Based on the photo by Julian Wasser) 安魂曲：創意劇場／馬塞爾．杜尚扮相的自拍照（以朱利安．瓦塞爾的攝影作品為藍本）
2010
In his work, Morimura Yasumasa transforms himself into icons of Western culture including Andy Warhol, Marilyn Monroe, and Vincent Van Gogh, among many others. In A Requiem: Theatre of Creativity / Self-Portrait as Marcel Duchamp (Based on the Photo by Julian Wasser), Morimura restages a 1963 photograph of the father of conceptual art, Marcel Duchamp, playing chess with writer and Los Angeles scenester Eve Babitz. In Morimura’s version of Wasser’s photograph, he casts himself as both Duchamp and Babitz, donning prosthetic breasts to play the female character. The white chess set and chairs allude to the work of Japanese conceptual artist Yoko Ono. Morimura’s recreation includes direct references to Duchamp’s work: The Large Glass (Le Grand Verre), or The Bride Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors, Even (La mariée mise à nu par ses célibataires, même) (1915–1923) stands in the background, and a photograph of Duchamp as his female alter ego, Rrose Sélavy, appears further behind. Morimura rereads and recasts art history, often challenging the viewer’s assumptions about race, gender, and identity.
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