‘going against’ is pleasurable as pleasure
By Pascalle Burton
Published 1 January 2021
In response to Marcel Duchamp's 'Female fig leaf ' 1961 (cast of 1950).
See the artwork that inspired this poem in the flesh, along with more than 100 of Marcel Duchamp’s world-renowned pieces, in ‘The Essential Duchamp’ exhibition at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, 27 April – 11 August 2019.