The Frieze art fair in London

LONDON: "I thought it was some kind of strange feminist piece," said Jessica Stockdale, a 21-year-old photography student, pondering "Untitled (Original)" by the American artist Richard Prince at the Frieze Art Fair. "But I do like her boots."

The boots in question were adorning the shapely legs of the skimpily attired young woman in the installation, whose job is to rub Prince's bright yellow, souped-up 1970 Dodge Challenger provocatively with a cloth while the whole thing rotates on a silver disk. While the Frieze program describes Prince's work as offering "the ultimate vehicle in which to pursue the combined fantasies of upward and lateral mobility," it is equally true to say that interpretation is in the eye of the beholder.

"I like the color," said Janice Thompson, who is 43 and a recent art school graduate. "The fact that it can be driven away — that's important. The use of the iconography of the girl; for me it would be like the old masters in some ways, especially because she's quite ... "

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