{"product_id":"marcel-duchamp-the-afternoon-interviews-paperback","title":"Marcel Duchamp: The Afternoon Interviews - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMarcel Duchamp\u003c\/b\u003e (Artist), \u003cb\u003eCalvin Tomkins\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRevelatory, previously unpublished interviews with Duchamp from his biographer and greatest champion\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 1964, Calvin Tomkins spent a number of afternoons interviewing Marcel Duchamp in his apartment on West 10th Street in New York. Casual yet insightful, Duchamp reveals himself as a man and an artist whose playful principles toward living freed him to make art that was as unpredictable, complex, and surprising as life itself. Those interviews have never been edited and made public, until now. \u003ci\u003eThe Afternoon Interviews\u003c\/i\u003e, which includes an introductory interview with Tomkins reflecting on Duchamp as an artist, guide and friend, reintroduces the reader to key ideas of his artistic world and renews Duchamp as a vital model for a new generation of artists. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eCalvin Tomkins\u003c\/b\u003e was born in 1925 in Orange, New Jersey. He joined the New Yorker as a staff writer in 1960. His many profiles include John Cage, Robert Rauschenberg, Merce Cunningham, Leo Castelli, Damien Hirst, Richard Serra, Bruce Nauman, Cindy Sherman and Jasper Johns. Tomkins is the author of 12 books, including \u003ci\u003eThe Bride and the Bachelors\u003c\/i\u003e (1965), \u003ci\u003eLiving Well Is the Best Revenge\u003c\/i\u003e (1971), \u003ci\u003eLives of the Artists\u003c\/i\u003e (2008) and \u003ci\u003eDuchamp: A Biography\u003c\/i\u003e (1996).\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 110\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.3 x 7.9 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 28, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51769910493472,"sku":"9781936440399","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/3859c150574ff2ba36afb9b7494c4998.webp?v=1780359575","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/marcel-duchamp-the-afternoon-interviews-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}