As an art history guy, and a fan of art in general, I’ve missed going to museums or even just finding neighborhood graffiti, but there’s been an upside: people at home recreating their favorite works of art. Or just works of art. And I could say a lot about art bringing people together and being therapeutic and never mind I’m just gonna share some of my favorite examples, although the critic in me can’t help spotting certain categories. For instance there are the elaborately faithful reproductions:
Source: Sad And Useless
Source: Bored Panda
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And then there are the ones that tweak the original slightly.
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Source: Sad and Useless
Source: My Modern Met
Some use the original as an inspiration.
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And then there are the ones that are so staggeringly brilliant I feel like they’ve improved on the originals.
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And then there are the ones that…don’t.
Picture of Mercury About To Slay Argos by Bertel Thorvaldsen from Wikimedia
I love these so much! And I think you’re doing a very passable “Man With Shovel and Book”!
The funny thing is it’s not a book. In the original Mercury is holding his pan flute and I’m holding the CD of “Everybody’s in Showbiz”. I thought a CD was a good modern update even if CDs aren’t really current anymore. It’s kind of hard to hold a media file.
Thou art my hero, Chris, which I hope you know.
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You’re my hero too, and I’m so glad that’s something we can share.
I’ve wanted to do one of these, but then I realize I’d have to research, contemplate, and frankly get off the couch and that isn’t happening. Glad other people are having fun though.
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Browsing through them can be fun by itself but there are also options if you don’t want to leave the couch.
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