It seems like yesterday, we were all stuck at home, watching the world pass by through the window, giving ourselves haircuts, baking things, recreating paintings, and whatnot. ‘Cause if there’s something the quarantine has taught us, apart from the fact that a pandemic is freakin’ serious business, it is how to set our creativity free.
This is how the online museum challenge blew up the internet. People from all over the world started flooding social media with their unique artistic interpretations assembled entirely by themselves and the objects they could find at home.
Fast forward to today: the world is still being ravaged by coronavirus and there’s as much anxiety about the future as ever, but the museum challenge is nowhere near slowing down. Let’s take a look at the newest selection of folks recreating works of art down below, and after you’re done, don’t forget to check out part 1, part 2, and part 3.
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This ones really really clever. To get a dog and toddler to pose like that is brilliant. Well done.
Back in March, when what felt like the whole world was trapped in lockdown, the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam and Instagram account Between Art and Quarantine challenged people on social media to recreate famous works of art.
More institutions, like the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles, got on board and the challenge blew up on the internet in an instant. The results were both humorous and super creative, and people seemed to love the project so much that it stuck around.
I am a European and I am startled about the American need to censure a painting for a nipple...
Shes beautiful. The lighting is perfect for her... Or perhaps she is perfect for the lighting.
Bored Panda reached out to Julie Jaskol from the Getty Museum Communications team, who told us that during the height of the online museum challenge’s popularity, the team was getting 500 to 1000 submissions a day. Today, the initial excitement has declined, but the staff still receives 60 to 70 artwork recreations every day.
Julie believes that the challenge went viral because it “speaks to the power of art to connect us with one another, particularly during a time of isolation.” Moreover, it allowed “people all over the world to form a community, which we all need right now.”
The Getty Museum staff likes to think that the challenge will continue to bring joy and invention to people.
They will also be releasing a book this fall titled “Off the Walls: Inspired Re-Creations of Iconic Artworks.” According to Julie, it will “celebrate the challenge and the people who rose to take it.”
Getty Publications will donate all profits from the sale of this book to Artist Relief, an emergency initiative offering resources to artists across the US.
Of all the photos I've seen that were meant to be "funny" this is the only one that made me laugh out loud... The only one I found to be truly funny. Perhaps it's more the irony behind the photo, the meaning of the photo, or the various interpretations of the photo in my mind that I found funny.
They may not have had a large enough pool of water to fit a full-size person.
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The original model for this posed in a bath for the artist, one of the PreRaphelites, and she ended up dying of hyperthermia.
I think she just caught a severe cold or perhaps pneumonia, but she recovered. Later she died from an overdose of laudanum..she had been deeply depressed.
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Face of Jesus being a dog is no problem, but people are upset at using a Barbie to represent a young girl?
Hello, the challenge was to use what ever you had on hand to duplicate the painting. So they could use a otter in a dress if they had an otter.
Aw I would have loved to see a true reenactment of this beautiful painting (sans the death part)
I would've like to have seen this one done with a young woman or even a child I think it could be a very beautiful photo (as long as the water was warm enough, I am a mommy and wouldn't want any little one catching a cold for a good shot). But a Barbie!? Really people?
That water as you can see is just a make shift miniature pond using a trash bag. And what's wrong with Barbie? Perhaps this person collects and likes Barbies and perhaps there was no water body near them to create a full scale recreation. Can we not just simply appreciate this person's effort? Go do your own version that pleases you.
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Note: this post originally had 119 images. It’s been shortened to the top 30 images based on user votes.
Most of the originals are so lovely! It's a pity that we don't have their names, of the painture, the author and the woman who's painted. It'd be a great improvement for next time! :)
These were amazing! Most of the recreations could have modeled for the originals.
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Some of these interpretations are right on target, some aren't worthy of being shown.
Most of the originals are so lovely! It's a pity that we don't have their names, of the painture, the author and the woman who's painted. It'd be a great improvement for next time! :)
These were amazing! Most of the recreations could have modeled for the originals.
Load More Replies... Some of these interpretations are right on target, some aren't worthy of being shown.
