The Adventures of Munich in Marcel Duchamp - by Roman Muradov (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

In the summer of 1912, Marcel Duchamp took a train to Munich and stayed there for three months. Very little direct knowledge remains about that trip. Immediately afterward, Duchamp gave up on painting and later in his life referred to Munich as the site of his 'complete liberation.' Roman Muradov's highly unreliable narrator attempts to reconstruct this period, interrogating from different angles the fundamental futility of retelling another person's life. The result is a fabulist satire that questions Duchamp's legacy, his silence and sexuality, and the sources of the work that made him famous. At once meticulously researched and wildly irreverent, The Adventures of Munich in Marcel Duchamp is an anti-biography worthy of the great trickster.

About the Author

Roman Muradov is an Armenian artist and author of moderate renown, currently living in Brooklyn, NY. He has received numerous awards from various institutions like the Art Directors Club and the Society of Illustrators, and his books have been translated into several languages. His clients include the New Yorker, the New York Times, Penguin Random House, Criterion, Vogue, Paris Review, Wired, NYC Opera, Lucky Peach, Apple, Google, Notion.