Poems
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SixteenMilesofString
By David Stavangerbillyidol--catcradle--riflecartridge--composite--taut--evensquare
ficelle--learnerpermit--johnhughes--buddy--thepoweroftwo--onemile
ageofconsent--igaveitaway--prickafinger--caughtfire--donatebloods
chesspawns--wholeballroom--myersbriggs--wakinghours--thetowercard -
DaDa Reload
By David StavangerI would rather [be shot]
I would rather [be shot than kill]
I would rather [kill than be somebody]
I would rather [paint myself than kill again] -
Bottlerack(et)
By David StavangerArtists only eat their replicas
when disturbed, fearing for the original’s life.
Courtship rituals are prolonged during which
artist and object circle one another. -
From or by Marcel Duchamp or Rrose Sélavy (Box in a valise)
By Alex GallagherHow one compacts and compartments
a living body of work, beaten and breathing
two lives half lived sitting neatly in a briefcase
wrapped up in leather, untethered by its brevity -
'Bicycle wheel' (replica of 1913 original), 1964
By Brian Fuata
In response to Marcel Duchamp's 'Bicycle wheel' 1964 (replica of 1913 original)
See the artwork that inspired this poem in the flesh, along with more than 100 of Marcel Duchamp’s world-renowned pieces in ‘The Essential Duchamp’ exhibition at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, 27 April – 11 August 2019.
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Dart-Object
By Evelyn AraluenIf you’d known what and where I was leaving
from the pieces fallen slack by the mould
Desire might invite key or lock
or tempt you to hold objects in the dark -
Reunion: Marcel Duchamp, John Cage and a 1964 Château Kirwan
By Pascalle Burton
In response to Marcel Duchamp's 'Red and Black Castles (Two Maquettes for Chess Pieces for a Wall-Mounted Chessboard)' 1930.
See the artwork that inspired this poem in the flesh, along with more than 100 of Marcel Duchamp’s world-renowned pieces, in ‘The Essential Duchamp’ exhibition at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, 27 April – 1… -
Marcel Duchamp, in surreal bliss: Spokesperson For Taking The Piss.
By David AstleMarcel Duchamp, in surreal bliss:
Spokesperson For Taking The Piss.
In response to Marvin Lazarus' portrait of 'Duchamp at the Museum of Modern Art's "Art of assemblage" exhibition (standing next to 'Fountain' and behind 'Bicycle wheel')' 1961 -
Rotorelief
By Evelyn Araluenmy song spins, sings
the planets each their centre
rotate each relief
so desire -
Please touch (what do you suggest?) or Woman's work is never
By Pascalle Burton
In response to Man Ray's ‘Duchamp as Rrose Selavy’ 1921–26.
See the artwork that inspired this poem in the flesh, along with more than 100 of Marcel Duchamp’s world-renowned pieces, in ‘The Essential Duchamp’ exhibition at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, 27 April – 11 August 2019.
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A linè renamed
By Pascalle Burton
In response to Marcel Duchamp's 'Apolinère enameled' 1916–17.
Source text: The Essential Duchamp by Matthew Affron. -
The Bride
By Evelyn AraluenWanting in pieces
hanging fixed in stale time
Sky and dusked light from fragment
a structure clutters to a still point -
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In the infinitive (The white box)
By David AstleTo mill,
To mull
In the infinitive.
To ravel, -
The bride stripped bare by her bachelors, even (The green box)
By David AstleNine men in a pane
of their own,
Abstracted, distracted,
foiled at her throne. -
Stair/Case
By David StavangerTo cast myself on a wall
I literally had to stop time
let the staircase ascend my body
like a dream I had where I forgot -
'Le Surréalisme, même, no. 1’, 1956
By Brian Fuata
In response to Marcel Duchamp's ‘Le Surréalisme, même, no. 1’,1956.
See the artwork that inspired this poem in the flesh, along with more than 100 of Marcel Duchamp’s world-renowned pieces, in ‘The Essential Duchamp’ exhibition at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, 27 April – 11 August 2019.
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‘Draft Piston (Piston de courant d'air)’ 1914
By Brian Fuata
In response to Marcel Duchamp's ‘Draft Piston (Piston de courant d'air)’ 1914.
See the artwork that inspired this poem in the flesh, along with more than 100 of Marcel Duchamp’s world-renowned pieces, in ‘The Essential Duchamp’ exhibition at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, 27 April – 11 August 2019.
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Portrait of Dr. Dumouchel
By Alex GallagherLuminous skeletal
transfer your transparence
Won’t you rip open that ribcage and show -
Chocolate grinder (no 1)
By Alex GallagherBittersweet spiral with machine-made lungs
the whirring hum of a nascent grind
swivel of drums oscillating in time
like the saccharine pirouette