Duchamp’s work, The Bride Stripped Bare By Her Bachelors, Even,
If a mistake can be a part of a work, is it truly a
also known as the Large Glass (1915~1923) is a geometrical composition of
“mistake”? Duchamp’s Large Glass throws this question
metal encased in two large glass panels and an iron frame. The upper panel
to viewers. In this context, there are no mistakes; they
is the room of the bride, where a geometric figure that barely suggests a
are simply “unintentional elements” that perform a
bride puffs steam, or “Flesh colored Milky Way”. The nine bachelors and
thematic function. It does not matter that they are a
their mysterious contraption are in the lower panel, all in abstract forms.
result of an erroneous biblical interpretation. It does
Although various interpretations of this work exist, it is commonly accepted
not matter that they happened during transportation.
as a groundbreaking piece tha