In the world of art, one category branches out from the rest. "Dada" a new breed of art, combined surrealism and exploring new ideas. One of Dada's most risky artists was Marcel Duchamp. His most famous and one of his more "childish" pieces was one entitled, "Fountain". The sculpture, if that's what you like to call it, consists of a single urinal, with the name "R. Mutt" painted on the side. The whole piece looked like it took Duchamp about twenty minutes to make. Still, this simple piece suprises me to think that such a thing could e called art, or better yet, be put on display in an actual art museum. At first the piece wasn't allowed to be exhibited, because the Society of Independent Art rejected it. But of course, it found itself a home when people all of a sudden had an interest in "anti-art" which was the whole point of this piece. Yes, the whole point of "Fountain" was to piss off the art world and then see if it could become an excepted piece of art. And yes,......

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Title: World Of Art
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