Frenchising Mona Lisa 3 2011

"Frenchising Mona Lisa 3" (2011) by Amir Baradaran is a playful and humorous take on Leonardo da Vinci's iconic painting, "Mona Lisa". The artwork features four digital manipulations of the original portrait, each showing Mona Lisa draped in various configurations of the French flag. This series, as the title suggests, humorously questions national identity, globalization, and the appropriation of cultural icons. The bottom image shows a crowd of tourists taking pictures of the "Mona Lisa" painting in the Louvre museum, adding a layer of commentary on the role of art in contemporary society and its mass consumption. This work exemplifies Baradaran's use of digital manipulation and pop culture references in his art practice.