wendy deschene To declare his love to his mistress Duchamp made her a painting, in a way that could only be appropriate to a mistress. Think for a second of what that could be......yes, yes he did. On black velvet even. The shape of this infamous painting is used here in companionship with another famous painting by Robert Rauschenberg. The less scandalous painting by Bob was created oddly in defense of a painting movement that was a dying mistress, abstract expressionism. He created two seperate paintings that where to look as excatly alike as humanly possible even though these used techniques that appeared very easy and random. The two finished paintings were to establish that painting like that took skill.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Rauschenberg's Wayward Landscape Right & Left Oil on Canvas 72" x4" (twice)
all images copyright Wendy DesChene