Marcel Duchamp was a painter and mixed media artist. It is
said that he changed the course of art history.
He was mainly associated with Cubism and Futurism in his earlier
paintings. Although he avoided
alliances, he is said to have spearheaded the American Dada movement. He incessantly pushed the boundaries of art
and had an ongoing preoccupation with desire and human sexuality. He is best known as the father of Conceptual
art. He believed that art could be about
ideas instead of worldly things.
William Burroughs was an American novelist, painter, short
storyist. His works are said to have
been important in the development of many subcultures of the twentieth century
such as Hippies and Punks and for this reason, he was best known as having been
culturally influential. It is also said that he was a homosexual who
murdered his second wife. His misogyny
and drug addiction are said to be what made his literary works so interesting.
The
comparison between these two artists is quite interesting. The similarity appears to be related to their
desires in pushing the limits and boundaries of art. They also both based some of their works on
sexuality, but most importantly, they were both influential and changed the
course of art history.
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