Art Without Artist

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Category: Art

Foundational Lexiconready-made art
Executive Parlancefound object art
Scholarly Discourseconceptual appropriation
Babel ZenithDuchampian Ready-made
Origin: Marcel Duchamp

Etymology & Meaning

Ordinary objects presented as art by the artist's choice.

In the Boardroom

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