Riffing Off of Other Writers

The Performance Artist

They might’ve been big, once upon a time — or not.

Holly Jahangiri
6 min readApr 25, 2020

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My interpretation of the “Most Influential Piece of Modern Art” According to a Survey of 500 Leading Art Experts
My Interpretation of “The Most Influential Piece of Modern Art” (Duchamp’s “Fountain”) According to 500+ Leading Art “Experts”

“Nicci, have you been down to the Jail Bar? Seen that ‘beat poet,’ Charles…something or other?” She pronounced it Chaawwwwws, dropping her jaw slowly and drawling out the “awww” like a grandmother who’d bandaged one too many boo-boos and wasn’t having it, anymore.

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