It's July 14th, the French national holiday marking the anniversary of the day in 1789 when a crowd of Parisians stormed a fortress and prison known as the Bastille. It was an act that eventually brought down the feudal system.
What better way to celebrate than to poke fun at a famous French car? We've chosen this gorgeous Citroën DS that's been given the full Marcel Duchamp treatment, an ordinary thing re-purposed as an objet d'art.
There's a reason that English-speakers borrowed the phrase "avant garde" from the French, and there's no better example than the quirky Citroën DS. It's a case of automotive parallel evolution, so far from contemporary Chevys and Hillmans that it was seemingly designed in a vacuum. Its name is said to be a play on déesse, the French word for "goddess," and anyone whose owned one can tell you that it requires frequent offerings of burnt money.
We suspect the artist's aquatic treatment of this mid-1950s DS 19 is symbolic of the hydraulic spheres responsible for the car's unique adjustable suspension, but we'd prefer a sillier explanation.
That's where you come in.
Write a caption to the above photo and vote for your favorite. We're dreading the boilerplate gags about frog legs, Gerard Depardieu movies (did you know he was in Last Holiday?) and generous vacation benefits, but it's all in fun. You know the drill: Use the Reddit widget below to leave your caption and give us your e-mail address. No e-mail, no prize. We repeat: No e-mail, no prize.
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