Getty has hand-picked some of the most bracing recreations. The famous American Gothic was painted by the artist Grant Wood, and he used his experiences of the Midwest to produce this depiction of modest rural life.
Looking back at these renditions of famous classics, we can take a tour of these classics artworks while taking a glimpse at the re-creations that have been made in tribute.
Creativity Around the World
With many people being so creative, others have been so supportive of other people's creations, celebrating their favorites and cheering them on. They've received creative responses from all over, starting from the US, Canada, Europe, even Asia, and Australia.
There have even been kids of all ages getting into it, with teachers planning their art history students to work the challenge into their curriculum. It's a great way to look at and learn about art while being creative within our set limitations.
Hilarious Recreations
This is one for the books, not only does it feature dogs, but they're playing poker! The original masterpiece may have been kitschified into t-shirts and magnets, but what makes it so special is how it humanizes dogs.
This gentler sense of humor, with the inherent tension between what we see and what remains unseen, it definitely makes for an entertaining painting.
Inspiration
This type of recreations makes us ponder, and isn't that precisely what art is supposed to make us do? Some might say that the purpose of art is to lend inspiration and consolation concerning the challenges of being human.
How fitting that this challenge went viral in 2020, maybe you have an artwork in mind that you would like to recreate?
Everyday Art
There are countless versions of the Madonna and Child, but none like this participant's quarantine version. What makes this version particularly spectacular is how the featured French bulldog captures the same cherub-like yearning look at the Madonna as in the original.
We can just imagine how art scholars and experts alike are going debate for years to come about these comparisons!