Doppio senso, 1986-87

Two large canvases placed closed together and propped up against the wall, one viewed from the recto and the other from the verso, are kept in balance by a pair of black men's shoes. The shoes are also turned and viewed from the front and the back, and set down on the upper border of the two canvases so that they lean up against the wall. The two men's ballet shoes also hold down a long white tutu that drops down on the canvases.
In a strict sense, the "double entendre" of the title refers to the twofold orientation of the canvases and shoes, as well as to the duality between the men's shoes and the woman's costume. Broadly speaking, the inverted shoes, which recall a dancer twirling, refer to the 360-degree movement that from the recto to the verso of the canvas chases the countless possible faces of a painting.