Fountain 17 - Reference Works & Foundational Research

Celebrating the centenary of Duchamp's <i>Fountain</i> (1917) and bicentenary of Armitage Shanks (1817), <i>Fountain 17</i> was a touring exhibition of works by artists invited to respond to Duchamp's iconic readymade, debuting at Hull’s Humber Street Gallery in 2017. Minott contributed two artworks, an essay and a lecture to <i>Fountain 17</i>, and projects and texts stemming from Minott’s extensive Duchamp research are also documented, including Minott’s film <i>The Oculist’s Dentist</i>.<br>This item contains images of the reference works of Alfred Barr Jr., Marcel Duchamp, and others, that Minott has engaged with in this work, as well as evidence of foundational research undertaken by Minott in the lead up to Fountain 17.