Rrose Selavy Ad

  'Rrose Sélavy' is Marcel Duchamp's female alter-ego. A number of his artworks are signed with her name, and he also dressed as her for public events. The name is a pun for the French, "Eros c'est la vie." Eros is life.

The first exhibition of Rrose Sélavy was January 2017, at Gallery 110 in Seattle. The multi-media, kinetic installation delighted hundreds of visitors on opening night.

(While not shown rotating around the sculpture, the veil you see in the video is driven by a computer fan which turns on every two minutes.)

 

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  Bachelors Apparatus   The Rrose Sélavy installation is an homage to Duchamp's work, in particular his masterwork, Bride Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors, Even. This work, also known as The Large Glass, consists of two parts, the upper portion is the 'Bride' and the lower the 'Bachelors' Apparatus.'

LEFT: David's reinterpretation of Duchamp's Bachelor's Apparatus.

RIGHT: Opposite side of the Bachelor's Apparatus.

The veil that is shown in the installation video (left) is David's reinterpretation of Duchamp's Bride.

[NOTE: these photographs were taken before the motor that rotates the top portion was installed.]

 

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  Bachelor's Apparatus Back   Detail Bachelor's Apparatus

ABOVE: detail of the upper portion of the Bachelor's Apparatus.

The top portion of the sculpture is activated by a motion detector triggered by viewers causing it to rotate for about 8 seconds, allowing them to experience both sides of the imagery from one position.

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  Leopard

ABOVE and ABOVE RIGHT: In each corner of the installation space, are large backlit transparencies, four feet wide by nine feet tall. These are enlargements of two small portions of the front of the Bachelor's Apparatus containing the toy girl and leopard. In the backlit transparencies, the toys are enlarged to many times their original size, the girl being nearly seven feet tall.

  Leopard

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