How Marcel Duchamp's "Fountain" is coded in the language of art history: Sukyung Chung at TEDxSNU

Chung Sukyung is an art theorist who believes appreciating a piece of art is an act of 'coding' done by the observer. Marcel Duchamp's artwork "Fountain"(1917) shocked the art world by going against the conventional wisdom that art must be beautiful. While the author himself kept silent about his controversial artwork, observers proposed various significations about the "Fountain" on their own. Nowadays, "Fountain" is known as the most influential work in the stream of modern art. She explains the track of art history changes depending on how people 'codify' an artwork. Through her talk, let's observe what traces Marcel Duchamp's "Fountain" left behind on the track of art history.

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