Assembled by Lana Meador, the San Antonio Museum of Art’s associate curator of modern and contemporary art, the museum’s Readymade Remix: New Approaches to Familiar Objects explores how artists transform mundane materials into conceptually rich works.
Here’s a brief Art History 101: In 1917, cheeky French artist Marcel Duchamp, under the pseudonym R. Mutt, submitted a urinal as a sculpture titled Fountain to the Society of Independent Artists in New York. It was, of course, rejected.
However, what Duchamp did succeed in doing was question the very nature — and the privilege of — what’s considered an art object, forcing a shift in perception that endures to this day.
Such objects are referred to as “readymades.”
Meador’s exhibition, which runs through April of next year, draws from the museum’s collection, highlighting the skill, intelligence, humor and audacity it takes to present objects in a speculative context.
$22 general admission and free for children 12 and under, 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Tuesday and Friday and 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Wednesday-Thursday and Saturday-Sunday, San Antonio Museum of Art, 200 W. Jones Ave., (210) 978-8100, samuseum.org.
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This article appears in Aug 7-20, 2025.