This fascinating book explores the interwoven lives, radical art, and shared experimental spirit of Marcel Duchamp and four of America's most important postwar artists: composer John Cage, choreographer Merce Cunningham, and visual artists Jasper Johns and Robert Rauschenberg. The publication traces the relationships among all five of these artists by mapping their intersections and examining the depth of their artistic exchanges.
In 2014, the World Chess Hall of Fame hosted "Cage and Kaino: Pieces and Performances," which explored how Marcel Duchamp's fixation on chess in his art influenced both Glenn Kaino and John Cage to bring chess to the forefront of their respective mediums.