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September 27, 2006 4:27 PM Subscribe
we're to recreate a famous photo/piece of art for an assignment in my photography class, but i'm not finding what i want.
the example we were shown was a recreation of american gothic, a couple stood in the middle of a grocery store aisle holding a tray of meat, the aisles angling up created the feel of the a-frame and the refrigerator doors behind them replicated the front door of the house.
so that's the basis that we're working around, what are your favorite pieces? the more contemporary the better.
the example we were shown was a recreation of american gothic, a couple stood in the middle of a grocery store aisle holding a tray of meat, the aisles angling up created the feel of the a-frame and the refrigerator doors behind them replicated the front door of the house.
so that's the basis that we're working around, what are your favorite pieces? the more contemporary the better.
This photograph of a tricycle by William Eggleston is very famous, contemporary, and easily recreateable if you've got the architecture somewhere around...
posted by xo at 4:51 PM on September 27, 2006
posted by xo at 4:51 PM on September 27, 2006
Do they have dance classes at your school? How about a Degas?
If you could get dancers in modern dress to replicate something like this I think that would be nice.
posted by Rock Steady at 4:51 PM on September 27, 2006
If you could get dancers in modern dress to replicate something like this I think that would be nice.
posted by Rock Steady at 4:51 PM on September 27, 2006
Or you could do Dorothea Lange's migrant mother, updated to evoke Katrina/New Orleans.
posted by xo at 4:54 PM on September 27, 2006
posted by xo at 4:54 PM on September 27, 2006
Christina by Andrew Wyeth, Time by Salvador Dali, Campbell's Soup Can by Andy Warhol, and Flowers by Pablo Picasso are a few that immediately spring to mind that would be interesting to update and recreate. Also several by Magritte - think skies, hats, and apples.
posted by iconomy at 5:00 PM on September 27, 2006
posted by iconomy at 5:00 PM on September 27, 2006
Anything by Jeff Koons should be fun. Try this one.
posted by turducken at 5:56 PM on September 27, 2006
posted by turducken at 5:56 PM on September 27, 2006
Nude Descending a Staircase. Use a long exposure with a series of strobes.
Alternatively, get some friends with SUVs, shoot them from several stories up and recreate the famous Tiananmen Square photo.
posted by infinitewindow at 6:20 PM on September 27, 2006
Alternatively, get some friends with SUVs, shoot them from several stories up and recreate the famous Tiananmen Square photo.
posted by infinitewindow at 6:20 PM on September 27, 2006
Best answer: Pablo Picasso's The Dream or Hand with Bouquet would be interesting and probably not that difficult to recreate. Another idea is Cezanne's Card Players.
posted by LoriFLA at 8:50 PM on September 27, 2006
posted by LoriFLA at 8:50 PM on September 27, 2006
Not screamingly contemporary, but easily made so: Flaming June.
posted by Dreama at 11:09 PM on September 27, 2006
posted by Dreama at 11:09 PM on September 27, 2006
Just What Is It That Makes Today's Home So Different, So Appealing? would be fun to reinterpret.
posted by dmo at 4:20 AM on September 28, 2006
posted by dmo at 4:20 AM on September 28, 2006
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D'you know any Weimaraners? They seem quite pliant — and will work for kibble.
posted by rob511 at 4:45 PM on September 27, 2006