People Are Recreating Famous Artwork With Household Items And The Results Are So Much Fun
As states across the country are under stay-at-home orders to help prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus, our options for entertainment and cultural enrichment have dwindled. Although public places like museums are closed, people have found some ingenious ways to bring artwork into their lives. The Instagram account @tussenkunstenquarantine,
Posted — UpdatedAs states across the country are under stay-at-home orders to help prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus, our options for entertainment and cultural enrichment have dwindled. Although public places like museums are closed, people have found some ingenious ways to bring artwork into their lives.
The account’s bio section explains how to participate:
“For everyone at home who needs some relief. Some homemade art.
- Pick your artwork
- Use 3 items in your home
- Share @tussenkunstenquarantine.”
Sounds easy enough!
This one by @mishmelle_nak didn’t even require any human models:
“Who’s ready for Monday?” joked the caption for this awesome re-creation of “When the Heart is Young” by English painter John William Godward, submitted by @evafalkow:
@koninklijekeverzamelingen totally nails the expression in this one, captioned “Mood today”:
Museums are urging people to participate, too! The Rijksmuseum started a Facebook thread that now has hundreds of comments, many of which are people’s homemade interpretations of famous works.
@MaggieGinoza used a Raggedy Ann doll for her re-creation of Sandro Botticelli’s “The Birth of Venus” and joked, “Yeah my family’s doing great in isolation thanks for checking in. Nothing strange happening here at all. #gettymuseumchallenge @GettyMuseum:”
@whatmommysaid’s kids stood in for the monkeys in her parody of this self-portrait by Frida Kahlo:
The museum shared this photo in which an adorable pug stood in for the child in this version of “Madonna and Child” by the Master of St. Cecilia:
Will you participate in this fun challenge or just enjoy the fruits of others’ labor? Distractions from real life are good!
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