Bicycle Wheel
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                                             This is a sculpture by Marcel Duchamp, master of Dada ceremonies. By lifting everyday objects from their original contexts, Duchamp attempted to give the objects a new meaning in combination with other appropriated objects. Through these nonsensical combinations, or recombinations, unexpected and sometimes irrational meanings develope or explode. Hence, the title "Bicycle Wheel" is an ironic title, as the object has now lost it's original function as a bicycle wheel, and appeals in it's new configuration to our poetic imagination.