Triumph of Mussels
Created from the discarded shells of mussels, a culinary specialty of the artist's native Belgium, this assemblage equates cuisine with culture, wittily prodding viewers to question how a museum reveres strange objects from different nations. The French word for mussel, "moule," also means "mold," a punning allusion to the traditional sculptural techniques that Broodthaers rejected.
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Dokumenttyp: | Image |
Schlagwörter: | Painting / Sculpture / 20th century / Belgian |
Sprache: | unknown |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-28502983 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
Powered By: | BASE |
Link(s) : | http://digital.libraries.psu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/arthist2/id/87254 |