In relation to Dadaism and Marcel Duchamp's adding of teh letters LHOOQ to the Mona Lisa whcih when pronounced in French would "make an off-colour pun"!.
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Thankyou!Www@QuestionHome@Com Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: It means a pun that is either politically incorrect or rude, perhaps full of obscenities and the like!.Www@QuestionHome@Com The most well known act of degrading a famous work of art is probably Marcel Duchamp's L!.H!.O!.O!.Q!., a cheap postcard-sized reproduction of the Mona Lisa upon which in 1919 the artist drew a mustache and a thin goatee beard!. On one hand L!.H!.O!.O!.Q!. must be understood as one of Duchamp's "readymade" works of art -- works that he didn't make, but which, by having been placed intellectually within a conceptual framework of "Art,"Marcel Duchamp: Fountain he forces the observer to see ordinary objects from new perspectives!. In this way their innate aesthetic contents would make themselves manifest -- as happens in one of his more infamous works: the urinal turned on its side and rebaptized "Fountain!." However, to most observers, instead of elevating the ordinary, Marcel's Mona Lisa works in the opposite direction; it defaces (literally) that which has been cherished, and brings a famous work down to the level of vulgar vandalism and cheap reproduction!. The title makes the point, too, but obscurely, since when pronounced in French "L!.H!.O!.O!.Q!." reports as a pun on the phrase "Elle a chaud au cul," which translates colloquially as "She is hot in the ***!."Www@QuestionHome@Com If you pronounce the letters in French, it sounds like "she has a hot a--" (word would be censored by Yahoo)!. Elle a chaud queueWww@QuestionHome@Com i remember LHOOQ, but thought it meant something else entirely!. Knowing Duchamp it is exactly an off-colour pun, refering to the subject's sexuality among other things!.Www@QuestionHome@Com L!.H!.O!.O!.Q!. meant "Elle a chaud au cul!." which implies she was ready to have sex!.Www@QuestionHome@Com |