Marcel Duchamp 1967

Editor: So this is Richard Hamilton’s "Marcel Duchamp," housed at the Tate. It shows Duchamp holding the Large Glass. It’s interesting how the glass becomes both a filter and a subject. What's your take on it? Curator: The photograph emphasizes the means of production. The glass itself, its clarity, the labor involved in creating it, and then Hamilton's act of capturing it—it all speaks to the materiality of art making. How does this challenge traditional ideas of artistic skill? Editor: I guess it democratizes it, making us consider the industrial processes, not just the artist's hand. Curator: Precisely. It invites us to consider the social and economic context in which art is produced and consumed. Editor: That’s a completely different way of looking at it. Thanks!