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Marcel Duchamp is described
as the “artist who mocked art” (Goldfarb 1). Although he is recognized for influencing a multitude of artistic styles, Duchamp renounced
mainstream art for “being bought and sold like so much spaghetti.” In Duchamp’s opinion mainstream art
was corrupt, and he resented the fact that art was treated as a commodity instead of profound works. By forsaking painting and withdrawing
from producing any art, Duchamp’s apparent indifference was looked upon as
a gesture of preserving the purity of art (Goldfarb 10).
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