The Historical Background And Cultural Significance Of Du Shang's Ready-made Art

Since the last century in 50s,60s,the West has produced a "Duchamp fever".The definition of duchamp,has always long been a critical and one of the hot spot of academic discussion.Duchamp is an indispensable character in art history,he seems to play the role of the past.He is a master of art,not limited by art genre,wandering in the sea of himself thought.He was also a rebel,openly against traditional art.Just because existence such a person,make after the art in the 20th century has changed.From the perspective of sociology and culturology,this article attempts to start from Duchamp’s artistic concept of readymades,analyze the genesis and several affecting factors of this concept and explore the historical background and cultural significance of Duchamp’s readymade art in depth.In the early 20th Century,to escape from art and war,he went from France to the United States along with his.thoughts and art,thus opening the era of readymade art.His emergence made American artists kindle headcanons and gave rise to Dadaism,Surrealism,Pop Art,Happening Art,Conceptual Art and other modern art genres.The emergence of Duchamp changed the development trend of western art.He was known as forerunner of postmodern art.At the same time,with increasing international cultural exchange,Duchamp’s thoughts also deeply affect Chinese artists and even change some artists’ thoughts and research directions.