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The Readymade (n.) puts ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the idea of the object where the object was, so our pleasure is in the idea of art and we are wholly in ideology.

The Readymade (n.) holds ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the twofold curse of modern art: immersion in banality and conceptual absorption in the idea of art.

The Readymade (n.) was ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠an infinitesimal gesture that opened the sluices: from Duchamp on, the world's banality pours into aesthetics while aesthetics drains away into banality.

The Readymade (n.) was ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠not conceptual when it appeared; it was a real dare, pure terrorism, and only later cooled into concept.

The Readymade (n.) bears ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a double curse: sinking into reality and banality on one side, dissolving into the concept of art on the other.