Title:
the letters L.H.O.O.Q. when read aloud in French sound
like: `Elle a chaud au cul` and in English - they would be?
read aloud as LOOK. )?/font>
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from Marcel
Duchamp page of Art
Minimal & Conceptual Only
"[Duchamp] turned
Mona Lisa into a bearded lady, implying the bisexual character
of Leonardo and himself, as well as the relation of Mona Lisa
to Leonardo`s unconscious fantasy of the phallic mother. "
About the title:
"The combination of bisexuality and bilingualisms evokes the
unconscious equation of the mouth and tongue with the female
and male genitals, respectively.?It is also consistent
with?the mirror image of Look and Kool in the title" (Adams
189)
