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This post was originally published February 16, 2011.] If we’re being honest, most of us will never own a work of art by a famous artist. And while back in college, it might have been okay to pay homage to one of the greats with a poster print from the museum, these days when it comes to the artwork that hangs on our walls, we tend to opt for original pieces by emerging (read: more affordable) talents. A few enterprising souls have found a way to sidestep the issue completely by displaying famous works of art directly on their bodies. Click through for some of our favorite examples, and if you happen to have an art-inspired tattoo, be sure to tell us about it in the comments. Andy Warhol [via] Banksy [via] Chuck Close [via] Edgar Degas [via] Frida Kahlo [via] Georgia O’Keeffe [via] Gustav Klimt [via] Jean-Michel Basquiat [via] Joan Miro [via]
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I run jewelry + kitchen shops, am working on being a writer, and live in Seattle with my husband and cat. More about this blog... this week's flowers writing life in photos best books of the month in my kitchen favorite things rufus + bodhi seattle what to wear our wedding This blog is a mix of my own photos + images by others. Fake Illusions – Illusion (Mobile) - The Most Amazing Creations in Art, Photography, Design, Technology and Video. Photography by Lukasz Wierzbowski.
Photos © Lukasz Wierzbowski. A Bit of Madness. For his on-going series of artistic self-portraits, photographer Luca Pierro has added all sorts of stuff to his face from shaving cream to rope.
The images featured within post are part of his latest creations. See also his past work here. Photo © Luca Pierro. Big Tat on his Back. Although, I do not have any tattoos due to ink allergies, I have always been an admirer of this art technique.
You have to be a very talented artist to be able to draw realistic images on skin (especially because skin textures are so varied). A good example is the dark-style tattoos of Victor Portugal. Tattooist Victor Portugal (on the right) working on a sleeve. Photos © Victor Portugal Link via Ink Butter. 35 Celebrity Mosaics That Will Blow Your Mind. PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA, Recycled red, white & blue trash including McDonalds wrappers, toy soldiers, cigarettes, a Costco card, and a pretty sweet sneaker.
COURTNEY LOVE, Pills. BIG BIRD, Cereal. CHEECH AND CHONG, Drug and alcohol paraphernalia KATHY GRIFFIN, Trash donated by Kathy to the artist. KIM KARDASHIAN, Red Vines. CHELSEA HANDLER, Snuggie wrappers, Belvedere vodka bottles and birth control pills, among other miscellany. LADY GAGA, Hello Kitty merchandise from a Gaga photoshoot, poker chips, sunglasses, rhinestones, recycled electronic parts and a dismembered Kermit the Frog doll.
MICHAEL JACKSON, Pills. JAY-Z, Broken records. HEATH LEDGER, Pills.