Shaike Snir 'Face V' - Framed first nations artist Leonardo Has Ordered One Quopy

Leonardo Has Ordered One Quopy

this crab takes on a sculptural form

is a direct reference to Duchamps L

Framed: 105 x 95 x 4 cm - please allow up to 14 days for framing

Shaike Snir 'Face V' - Framed first nations artist Leonardo Has Ordered One QuopyThis work is a play on Marcel Duchamps famous work L. H. O. O. Q, which itself is a play on Leonardo DaVincis Mona Lisa. In his remix, Duhamp drew a moustache on a cheap postcard of the Mona Lisa. This was an example of the readymade an art genre which sees an artist reorientate a mundane, mass produced object as fine art. The mediums roguish sensibility is reiterated by Duchamps title. When pronounced in French, L. H. O. O. Q sounds like a vulgar