The Slought Foundation's latest mindfuck uses simple works to make bold anthropological and artistic statements. The exhibit will feature interpretations of works from 10 international artists, whose borderline-satirical works include a video portrait of a Muslim girl and her McDonalds Happy Meal and refashioned football jerseys made to look like women's dresses.

"This isn't just a naive or pathetic way to look at art," explains Aaron Levy, executive director of the Slought Organization. "It's a comment on artists and commodification, commerce, utopia, lots of things." The highlight of the opening reception will feature a live interpretation of Carlos Ginzburg's 1974 work, "Qu'est-ce que l'art? Prostitution," which originally featured a Belgian prostitute holding a sign that read, "What is art? Prostitution."

To the intellectual elite, a piece like this begs the question: Is Ginzburg condemning the artist or reminding us that the artist stands outside the bourgeois morality? To the rest of us, the real question is: Will there be a naked lady on display?

"Yes, at the opening the woman will be there live," promises Levy.

"Almost Art: Speculative Gestures. Aspiration. Utopia." Opening reception, Sat., Jan. 28, 6:30-8:30 p.m.,exhibit through March 25, Slought Foundation, 4017 Walnut St., 215-222-9050.