Relations between the readymades and the oeuvre of Waltercio Caldas, of Jac Leirner and of Andy Warhol

• Grant number: 13/17620-1
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: October 01, 2013
• End date: January 09, 2016
• Field of knowledge: Linguistics, Literature and Arts - Arts - Plastic Arts
• Principal Investigator: Carlos Alberto Fajardo
• Grantee: Rodrigo Arruda Proto Gonzalez
• Host Institution: Escola de Comunicações e Artes (ECA). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Associated scholarship(s): 15/04300-4 - Andy Warhol and repetitions, BE.EP.IC

Abstract

This project intends to discuss the term and the implications of what Marcel Duchamp has established as "readymade". To do so, it will initiate with formulations that surround the meanings the term had when it appeared at the beginning of the XXth Century. Secondly, the research will analyze the works of Lygia Clark, Waltercio Caldas, and Jac Leirner, which retake Duchampian questions. With it, this project aims to instigate relations between contemporary Brazilian art and Marcel Duchamp's works. (AU)