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For artist Jeff Hamada's Remade project on booooooom.com, student photographers replicated famous paintings from around the world. See which ones you recognize!

by Perri O. Blumberg
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Courtesy Kevin Thom/booooooom.com
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“Birth of Venus”

Botticelli's famous nude is replicated by Kevin Thom as a model wind-blown on the beach.
See the original at the Uffizi Gallery in Florence »

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Frances Adair Mckenzie/booooooom.com
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“Weeping Woman”

Adair Mckenzie's reconstruction of Picasso's "Weeping woman" uses the artist's signature jagged geometric shapes and bold colors in an innovative way.
See the original at the Tate »

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Courtesy Marianna Oboeva/booooooom.com
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"Portrait of the Actress Jeanne Samary"

Artist Marianna Oboeva remakes Renoir's oil painting, “Portrait of the Actress Jeanne Samary” in a breathtaking, vibrant, contemporary photograph.
See the original »

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Courtesy Bastian Vice/booooooom.com
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“Nighthawks”

Bastian Vice takes on Edward Hopper's career-crowning "Nighthawks" with a stunning rendering that brings the Greenwich Village diner to life on film.
See the original at the Art Institute of Chicago »

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Katie Jackson/booooooom.com
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“Composition With Red, Blue and Yellow”

This remake of Mondrian's "Composition with Red, Blue and Yellow" by Katie Jackson transforms his signature abstract wall paintings into a eye-popping presentation packed neatly into a suitcase.
See the original »

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Courtesy Pedro Gomes/booooooom.com
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“The Last Supper”

This modern take on da Vinci's "The Last Supper" by Pedro Gomes morphs into a whimsical, slightly comical version of the revered original.
See the original »

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Courtesy Gizem Karakas/booooooom.com
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“Luncheon on the Grass”

Manet's esteemed "Luncheon on the Grass" is taken on by Gizem Karakas in this creative rendition.

See the original at the Musee d'Orsay »

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Courtesy Daryl Seitchik/booooooom.com
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“Christina’s World”

The well known painting “Christina’s World” by Andrew Wyeth gets remade by Daryl Seitchik as a photograph of the woman outside the farmhouse.

See the Original at MoMa »

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Courtesy Natalie Pereira/booooooom.com
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“Las Meninas"

This oil on canvas piece by Diego Velázquez becomes an evocative photograph when Natalie Pereira captures the renowned painting with real models and exquisite perspective.

See the original at Museo Nacional del Prado »

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Courtesy Fanchon Bonnefois/booooooom.com
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“Liberty Leading the People”

Delacroix's epic "Liberty Leading the People" commemorating the July Revolution of 1830 gets a modern day makeover by Fanchon Bonnefois where the allegorical significance of the original takes on a 21st century interpretation.

See the original at the Louvre »

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Courtesy Spencer Pidgeon/booooooom.com
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“Creation of Adam”

In Spencer Pidgeon's playful replication of Michelangelo's "Creation of Adam," the famed fresco on the Sistine Chapel ceiling becomes a far less serious scene with a cameo from Gumby.
See the original »

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Your Comments

  • Rancedlv11

    ANGB ganda ng babae

  • Anonymous

    Everyone should know that it’s artist and entrepreneur Laura Hollick pictured in this photo. She and I collaborate on lots of images like this, and she deserves credit too. :)

    • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_KH433NBQHLHGIKEIE3VVWC4W4E nick name

      yes, credit for standing still. It’s a tough world for sure!

      • Anonymous

        Also for creating the costume and coming up with the concept, which we refined together. It’s a collaboration.

        • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_KH433NBQHLHGIKEIE3VVWC4W4E nick name

          Over tea and crumpets, or, weed and brownies. Which one?
          Like I said, “it’s a tough world.” For you,..lol..so called artist.

    • http://www.facebook.com/bruce.vaccaro Bruce Vaccaro

      Kevin, the image on my screen is very low-def, and I’m unable to make out what she is actually wearing..it’s not a bikini, some sort of twisted fabric perhaps?   Kudos to you both, as opposed to the other review commenters!

      • Anonymous

        Thanks Bruce! Some people just like to troll for attention. It’s a free country I guess! Anyway, Laura’s outfit is made with tiny coils of copper wire that she made with pliers.

    • Anonymous

      I give her alot of credit!

  • Truton Claude

    collection sur musique Classique

  • Bob Roberts

    “Liberty Leading the People” just isn’t the same without that sweet boob.

  • w5winston

    Why do I have to click on a link to see the originals, why not put them side by side, you know, kinda the point of the whole piece?

  • Anonymous

    Where are the pictures were they make fun of Mohammad and Islam? Surely those bright young brave artists aren’t, in reality, cowards?

  • 383700

    What kind of name is Kevin Thom? Most posers shorten Thomas to that. Let me guess… Thomas is your real last name.

  • TCBbaby

    She is hot!! I hope this wasn’t funded by the tax payers?

  • Really?

    Why would you feature so-called”art” that is so very offensive to religious people of many faiths? Is there nothing else new in the art world today that actually is insightful and raises our collective view? Please think things through a little more carefully next time!!

  • http://www.facebook.com/will.mette.3 Will Mette

    I liked the originals better.

  • Anonymous

    What a beautiful woman.

  • joeleaux

    Hollywood “recreates” tv shows into movies and “recreates” old movies into “new” movies, musicians “recreate” songs by “covering” them … what ever happened to just creating and not recreating?

  • Scot Conway

    The people who think modeling is easy are people that have never had to do modeling or do photography of models.  There are days it goes well and you get the shots you’re after very quickly, and there are days you take dozens, even hundreds of shots and none of them seem to work.  When you do all the prep it takes to set up a single shot, it turns into a make-or-break event.  If the shot doesn’t work, days have been wasted.  My kudos and congrats for a great shoot.

  • Karen

    Stupid and unoriginal.I bet all the “performers” think it’s awesdome though.

  • SCIPIO AFRICANUS

    “Woof, woof, to coin a phrase.” – New Yorker Cartoon
      by J.B. Handelsman

  • Kd

    That women isn’t curvaceous or plump enough to be Birth of venus

  • Mir Quasem

    Brilliant really brilliant.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Charlie-Peters/100001008562611 Charlie Peters

    California, Obama / Mitt,
    November contest would likely give the California winner prize to Obama but how
    would a 3 way Obama, Mitt & Ron write in vote count end up? RP votes in
    2008 were counted.

     

    The Goldman Sacs / Fed
    reserve / GMO food-fuel twins might create a fun contest with the Texas Dr. Ron
    Paul & Judge
    Napolitano.

     

    Auit the fed, support HR 459
    Paul & S 202 Paul

    Is this game about D R or other? maybe it is about saving the republic. Maybe
    Obama and Mitt are the underdogs.
     

  • RezaZ

    I only liked “Christina’s World”. It was the only one where the tone of the image from the original came through. “Nighthawks” was close. Unfortunately, the people in the other shots were too “posed” for my liking.

  • JUBRAN PETRO

    THIS IS A COMMENT ABOUT O LDER AGED PEOPLE.

    D E P R E S S I O N
             I AM
    OVER THE HILL. 

    LET ME SEE IF YOU CAGURE IT OUT