Nude Descending a Staircase No.3
2018
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Video Archive
Brambilla’s Nude Descending a Staircase No. 3 is a kinetic interpretation of Marcel Duchamp’s seminal 1912 cubist painting. Employing digital technology, the work re-envisions the illusion of movement as layers of figures cascade down an unseen stairway, expanding the original’s exploration of motion into the dimension of time.
The original 1912 Nude Descending a Staircase No.2 is a rare case where an artist originally drew from a “new” technology (Eadweard Muybridge’s photographic time-studies) as inspiration for a painting. By taking the original Duchamp painting back into the technological realm and adding the dimension of time, Brambilla completes the circle and pays homage to the deconstructed image using a wholly contemporary visual language.
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Installations
2022 Frieze New York presented by Maison Margiela
New York City, New York
2021 Design Miami presented by Maison Margiela
Miami, Florida
2019 Frieze Art Fair
Oculus World Trade Center
New York, New York
2019 Némo Biennial
EP7
Paris, France
2019 ‘New Cubism’ by Future City
The Gallery at Foyles
London, United Kingdom
2019 Arcade
London, United Kingdom
Selected press
NOWNESS
Feature: Nude Descending a Staircase No.3
GARAGE
Maison Margiela’s Future Miami Boutique Becomes a Blank Canvas
designboom
marco brambilla on fragmenting ‘nude descending’ across margiela’s soho store
Surface
At Maison Margiela, Marco Brambilla Reinvents a Duchamp Masterpiece
Whitewall
Marco Brambilla Transforms Iconic Duchamp Painting for a Public Installation in Paris
FLAUNT
Maison Margiela / Marco Brambilla: Nude Descending a Staircase No.3
2022 Frieze New York presented by Maison Margiela
New York City, New York
2021 Design Miami presented by Maison Margiela
Miami, Florida
2019 Frieze Art Fair
Oculus World Trade Center
New York, New York
2019 Némo Biennial
EP7
Paris, France
2019 ‘New Cubism’ by Future City
The Gallery at Foyles
London, United Kingdom
2019 Arcade
London, United Kingdom
Selected press
NOWNESS
Feature: Nude Descending a Staircase No.3
GARAGE
Maison Margiela’s Future Miami Boutique Becomes a Blank Canvas
designboom
marco brambilla on fragmenting ‘nude descending’ across margiela’s soho store
Surface
At Maison Margiela, Marco Brambilla Reinvents a Duchamp Masterpiece
Whitewall
Marco Brambilla Transforms Iconic Duchamp Painting for a Public Installation in Paris
FLAUNT
Maison Margiela / Marco Brambilla: Nude Descending a Staircase No.3