Khan Academy: Duchamp, 3 Standard Stoppages

In this video [2:28] learn how Marcel Duchamp re-conceived a standard unit of measure. Duchamp decided, "Painting is dead. I'm going to turn to different things." 1913 was the year that Duchamp made his first ready made by putting an ordinary store bought bicycle wheel atop an ordinary store bought kitchen stool. What Duchamp said is, "It is my power of choice." "It is my deed of making a selection that makes a work, a work of art."