Marcel Duchamp

Before this class I had never heard of Dada art, let alone Marcel Duchamp and his ready-mades. This unconventional art never really struck me as great art.  However, after doing some research on Marcel I found that he had a profound influence and helped lead the way of what modern art was and has become today.  I really found it interesting that he took pieces that we encounter in every day life and used them as art.  He thought out of the box and made people look at these ready-mades and think about these ordinary objects.  After looking up some more ready-mades that Duchamp made I really began to think about why he choose these specific objects.  What makes these objects anymore significant than any other object?  I looked up info on his ready-mades and it says Duchamp had no reason for choosing his objects he just did.  The one that I really liked was Bicycle Wheel.  He put this together because he was amused by watching the wheel go round and round.