Shigeko Kubota and Ko Nakajima Triumph Over Duchamp's Legacy
In response to the violent weeding of the art field caused by Marcel Duchamp's readymade, two Japanese artists have reconnected with Paul Cézanne through video. Shigeko Kubota is exhibiting thirty-one video sculptures at the American Museum of the Moving Image in New York, all proclaiming checkmate to Duchamp. Ko Nakajima has created a field with a hollowed tree trunk filled with images at Galerie Zekou in Paris.
Key facts
- Shigeko Kubota exhibits 31 video sculptures at the American Museum of the Moving Image in New York.
- Ko Nakajima shows a work with a hollowed tree trunk filled with images at Galerie Zekou in Paris.
- Both artists respond to Duchamp's readymade by reconnecting with Cézanne via video.
- Kubota's works proclaim checkmate to Marcel Duchamp.
- The exhibition is held at the American Museum of the Moving Image in New York.
- Nakajima's exhibition is at Galerie Zekou in Paris.
- The artists are Japanese.
- The readymade is described as causing a violent weeding of the art field.
Entities
Artists
- Shigeko Kubota
- Ko Nakajima
- Marcel Duchamp
- Paul Cézanne
Institutions
- American Museum of the Moving Image
- Galerie Zekou
Locations
- New York
- United States
- Paris
- France
Sources
- artpress —