BOOK FORMAT Paperback, 5.25 x 8 in. / 110 pgs / 10 bw.
PUBLISHING STATUS Pub Date 2/28/2013 Active
DISTRIBUTION D.A.P. Exclusive Catalog: SPRING 2013 p. 182
PRODUCT DETAILS ISBN 9781936440399TRADE List Price: $16.00 CDN $23.00
AVAILABILITY Out of stock
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"I love Calvin Tomkins' Duchamp: The Afternoon Interviews. I've already gotten to use two quotes from the book. 'A mule's kick of debonair style' and 'badass 'tude.'" - Jerry Saltz, Senior Art Critic, New York Magazine
Revelatory, previously unpublished interviews with Duchamp from his biographer and greatest champion
In 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. The Afternoon Interviews, 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.
Calvin Tomkins 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 The Bride and the Bachelors (1965), Living Well Is the Best Revenge (1971), Lives of the Artists (2008) and Duchamp: A Biography (1996).
Featured image is reproduced from Marcel Duchamp: The Afternoon Interviews.
PRAISE AND REVIEWS
Art in America
Brian Boucher
A forthcoming book presents previously unpublished interviews with Marcel Duchamp from 1964 by longtime New Yorker contributor Calvin Tompkins. Adding to the veritable industry of publications devoted to the artist.'
Art in America
Sue Taylor
These previously unreleased interviews, conducted in Duchamp's New York home in 1964, reveal the master at his playful, ever-provocative ease.
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In 1964, Calvin Tomkins interviewed Marcel Duchamp in the artist's apartment over a series of relaxed afternoons. The transcripts were never edited or published—until now, in a new collection from Paul Chan'sBadlands Unlimited. The book is a delight to read, full of playful ideas and unguarded responses. For example, when asked about the importance of art dealers, Duchamp replied, "Very good and very bad at the same time. They have launched so many young people. They are the lice on the back of the artist. The collectors are also parasites. The artist is the beautiful flower on which all these parasites go around. I like them very much because they are very nice people, but that has nothing to do with their essential quality, which is to be a parasite on the artist." Featured image is reproduced from Marcel Duchamp: The Afternoon Interviews, by Calvin Tomkins. continue to blog
On the evening of February 26, some of the great and the good of the art and publishing worlds gathered at the Marshall Chess Club to celebrate the publication of Calvin Tomkins’ Marcel Duchamp: The Afternoon Interviews. continue to blog
FORMAT: Pbk, 5.25 x 8 in. / 110 pgs / 10 b&w. LIST PRICE: U.S. $16.00 LIST PRICE: CANADA $23 ISBN: 9781936440399 PUBLISHER: Badlands Unlimited AVAILABLE: 2/28/2013 DISTRIBUTION: D.A.P. RETAILER DISC: TRADE PUBLISHING STATUS: Active AVAILABILITY: Out of stock TERRITORY: NA LA ASIA AU/NZ AFR ME
Published by Badlands Unlimited. By Calvin Tomkins.
Revelatory, previously unpublished interviews with Duchamp from his biographer and greatest champion
In 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. The Afternoon Interviews, 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.
Calvin Tomkins 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 The Bride and the Bachelors (1965), Living Well Is the Best Revenge (1971), Lives of the Artists (2008) and Duchamp: A Biography (1996).
