Marcel Duchamp with pocket chess set

By David Astle

Published 1 January 2021

(du)CHAMP
       CLAMP
       CLAMS
       CLASS
       CLASH!
       CRASH!
       CRASS!
       CRESS
(du)CHESS

In response to Marcel Duchamp's 'The Imagery of Chess,' 1944.

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.