Apart from cer­tain stretch­es of absence, Leonar­do's Mona Lisa has been on dis­play at the Lou­vre for 228 years and count­ing. Though cre­at­ed by an Ital­ian in Italy, the paint­ing has long since been a part of French cul­ture. At some point, the rev­er­ence for La Joconde, as the Mona Lisa is local­ly known, reached such an inten­si­ty as to inspire the label Jocondisme. For Mar­cel Duchamp, it all seems to have been a bit much.
Marcel Duchamp's goal was to 'put art back in the service of the mind,' creating a synergy between language, thought, and vision. His film Anémic Cinéma exemplifies this aim through nine optical illusions and complex wordplay.
