Ken001
August 14, 2014, 9:56am
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Just lately I’ve been looking for interesting art work to display on my monitor at work. Just something to enliven the day.
There are many high-quality images of famous paintings on the net but by chance I came across a parody and from then on have searched out the unusual.
Today, let us enjoy a version of Edward Hopper’s Nighthawks:
http://filmmakeriq.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Reinterpretation-of-Edward-Hopper’s-Nighthawks-by-Gaki-Niccals.jpg
Immediately get yourself a copy of Great Housewives of Art by Sally Swain .
Some examples here .
Of course there was a sequel, Great Housewives of Art, Revisited .
This one always cracks me up: link
L.H.O.O.Q. , by Marcel Duchamp. It’s understated as a parody, but it’s a famous work in its own right. Also, bonus: it’s supposedly a French pun.
bup
August 14, 2014, 8:08pm
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phouka
August 14, 2014, 8:37pm
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Here’s a more recent one I like: Vermeer
Here’s a parody of “Friends In Need” called “Full Dog House” . You can probably guess the artist.
Greg_Charles:
L.H.O.O.Q. , by Marcel Duchamp. It’s understated as a parody, but it’s a famous work in its own right. Also, bonus: it’s supposedly a French pun.
Well, if we get to include actual works of (referential) art, then I’m bringing the Bacon
Pity this board doesn’t allow avatars – I’d totally be using this.
I was just at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. In the bookstore there I saw a book of Fine Art parodies. There was a whole section devoted to Hopper’s Nighthawks . Can’t recall the book title, though.
My favorite parody of that is a conceptual one, suggested by Dick Cavett. He described a picture of Aristotle Onassis looking at the Hollywood house of Buster Keaton. It would be Aristotle Contemplating the Home of Buster .
Ken001
August 15, 2014, 10:19am
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All of these crack me up, although I think my favorite is the Titian at the bottom of the page.
Edit: NM, wouldn’t work as a display
Ken001
August 17, 2014, 11:12am
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The Persistence of Salvador’s Cats: one of Dali’s greatest works.