Who sculpted Bicycle Wheel and Fountain?

• A. Rodin
• B. Warhol
• C. Duchamp
• D. Michelangelo

Answer: (C)

These works illustrate readymades, where ordinary manufactured objects are designated as art to challenge conventional notions of sculpture. The artist who created Bicycle Wheel and Fountain is Marcel Duchamp. Bicycle Wheel, mounted on a stool, shows Duchamp lifting a mundane object from its normal use and presenting it as sculpture; the idea and the act of selection become the artwork, not the craft. Fountain, a porcelain urinal turned on its back and signed with a pseudonym, questions what counts as art and who gets to decide—artist, audience, or institution—by making a provocative gesture that redefines the relationship between object and art. Rodin and Michelangelo embody traditional hand-crafted sculpture, while Warhol is linked to pop art and mass-produced imagery; Duchamp’s readymades mark a pivotal shift that reorients how we think about art.