Poems
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L’Opposition et les Cases Conjugées sont Réconciliées
By Evelyn AraluenI say I won’t go
and you say you won’t choose
We make games of blocking and correspondence
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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… -
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 -
Yvonne and Magdeleine Torn in Tatters
By Alex GallagherA sororal split cut up and remixed
like a mirror askew down the middle and strewn
across canvas face in red and grey
we ricochet carelessly into each other -
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] -
'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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‘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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portable museum maintenance hinge
By Pascalle Burton
In response to Marcel Duchamp's 'The Box of 1914' 1913–14.
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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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 -
linchpin (this is a portrait of my mouth if I say so)
By Pascalle Burton
In response to Marcel Duchamp's 'Portrait of the artist's father' 1910.
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 (Dulcinea)
By David StavangerPicasso never mentally dressed a woman on the street.
He could bear the thought of less and less clothes.
Picasso approached a subject with an eye detached.
Give me a woman’s hat and I’ll fill it -
'Church at Blainville', 1902
By Brian Fuata
In response to Marcel Duchamp's 'Church at Blainville' 1902.
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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looking augments itself (On Critique by Dave Beech plus Anémic Cinéma)
By Pascalle Burton
In response to Heinrich Hoffmann's 'Portrait of Marcel Duchamp' 1912.
Source text: ‘On Critique’ by Dave Beech in Art Monthly, February 2016. -
'Marcel Duchamp's Installation "Lazy Hardware," Gotham Book Mart, New York', early 1960s
By Brian Fuata
In response to Maya Deren's 'Marcel Duchamp's Installation "Lazy Hardware," Gotham Book Mart, New York’, early 1960s. -
what was what before anything was anything
By Pascalle Burton
In response to Eliot Elisofon's 'Duchamp Talking to People in Gallery about "Why Not Sneeze Rrose Sélavy" at "Three Brothers" Exhibition, Houston' 1957.
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Portrait of chess players 1911
By David Astle
In response to Marcel Duchamp's ‘Portrait of Chess Players’ 1911.
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whispers & kicks
By David StavangerThere's nothing quite like that fresh, clean feeling
right after a shave. But all can be ruined once you notice
clumps of sink left in dark hair. I trained as a librarian.
This is a clear transgression of boundaries. Now I’m in -
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 -
Marcel Duchamp with Pocket Chess Set
By Evelyn AraluenI’ll play the light
and pocket each memory in mourning black
There’s something to be won from a rightful step:
a consent to match
