Poems
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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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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 -
Rendezvous of Sunday, February 6, 1916
By Alex GallagherA sinner’s taxonomy
of wax syllables straying, impatient:
begging you to spell it out
to tax and file away those problematic punctuations -
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 -
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] -
The Bush
By Evelyn AraluenSoft other abreast gaiac omphalos
From and to which to wish the swell
Eternal recurval return
Beloved be love ed -
Portrait of Dr. Dumouchel
By Alex GallagherLuminous skeletal
transfer your transparence
Won’t you rip open that ribcage and show -
Marcel Duchamp at the age of 85
By David AstleMD at LXXXV:
shadow-cratered, and crated:
the grand MOMA moon,
who created, and catered, -
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
but cannot sustain the play -
‘going against’ is pleasurable as pleasure
By Pascalle Burton
In response to Marcel Duchamp's 'Female fig leaf ' 1961 (cast of 1950).
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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The box of 1932
By David AstleSoon, when I suffocate
in letters, and sisters
sift my so-called estate,
you can presume -
Interior, Arensbergs’ Apartment, New York
By Alex GallagherThe body edges against its tensions
each motion captured disrupting the rhythms
as ambiguous sinew stretches out and over
in that frenetic gesture of human autonomy -
'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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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 -
Fountain
By Evelyn AraluenExcellent I through utility
behold the humble fixtures
The water egoism – activity working
no other utility but the plumber -
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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First papers of surrealism
By Alex GallagherCraters dug coarse into unblemished skin
like sun spots convulsing along the surface
new holes erupt with violence and spew forth
I touch the ground and sink deeply into the fissures -
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. -
‘Ciné-Sketch: Adam and Eve (Marcel Duchamp and Bronia Perlmutter), 1924
By Brian Fuata
In response to Man Ray's ‘Ciné-Sketch: Adam and Eve (Marcel Duchamp and Bronia Perlmutter)’ portrait of Marcel Duchamp, 1924.
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 Augus…
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