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To: Vendit™ who wrote (240)5/20/1999 12:13:00 PM
From: SIer formerly known as Joe B.  Read Replies (1) of 430
 
Thursday May 20 10:39 AM ET

Stockholm Museum Mystery Over Duchamp's Urinal

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Stockholm's Modern Museum said Thursday it was puzzled by claims by a Swedish art student
that he urinated in one of French artist Marcel Duchamp's white porcelain pissoirs.

''There's no real evidence that the arts student did what he said he did,'' Modern Museum director David Elliott told Reuters.

But he said a student had told the museum earlier this week that he had urinated in the famous porcelain ''Fountain'' pissoir
last week and had a picture to prove it.

Elliott, who said it was unclear whether there were traces of urine in the urinal, said the photo was probably a fake. The
museum was not planning to examine Duchamp's work for evidence.

Duchamp first signed a urinal in 1917, declaring it modern art and entitling it ''Fountain.'' Many critics say pop art can be
traced back to this event.

''We deplore not only his taste but his knowledge of Duchamp and if it were actually genuine we would have no alternative
but to turn this over to the police,'' Elliott said.

Swedish tabloid Aftonbladet published a picture of the student, Bjorn Kjelltoft, urinating in the pissoir and quoted him as
saying his act was intended as an artistic statement.

''I wanted to have a dialogue with Duchamp,'' he was quoted as saying. ''He raised an everyday object to a work of art and
I'm turning it back again into an everyday object.''
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