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ENIGMA

THE EVERCLEVER ART COLLECTIVE (1953-)

CONTEMPORARY SCULPTURE, 2017

Pineapple Sculpture with Joke Eyeglasses

Size: 7.25 x 14 in; 18.4 x 35.6 cm

Signed on the bottom

Purposely intended to generate questions in the mind of the viewer , whether it be: "Now, what does this work of art suposed to mean?" or "Why is that pineapple wearing eyeglasses?" or "What was in the artist's mind when he/she conceived it?" or "Is this art at all?", the present work is a puzzle for the individual mind to work out. 

Regarding the meaning of word "enigma", in English it does not mean exactly the same thing as it does in Greek. In English, enigma means "a puzzle that is difficult to solve," but in Greek, it means "a secret that is impossible to penetrate."   Just as is the slippery slope of trying to define a word such as "enigma" (by assigning a meaning by using a group of other words, all words in the definition being subject to individual interpretation) and the inevitability of disagreement as to even a single word's meaning, the present work is a mystery in the truest sense of the word enigma.