Why not challenge people to recreate famous artworks in their own home with whatever elements they had at hand?
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| Left: Male Harp Player of the Early Spedos Type, 2700–2300 B.C., Cycladic. Marble, 14 ⅛ x 11 1/16 in. The J. Paul Getty Museum, Right: Re-creation by Irena Ochódzka with canister vacuum |
They launched an Instagram hashtag called "Between Art and Quarantine." They say that the challenge was more successful than they ever imagined, and it's still going strong.
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Forbes: Museum Challenge To Recreate Art At Home Goes Viral In Coronavirus Quarantine
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Forbes: Museum Challenge To Recreate Art At Home Goes Viral In Coronavirus Quarantine
4 comments:
James, while it's nice to see museums join the bandwagon, this way of amusement has been going on for many weeks on Russian-speaking Facebook. :)
Here is the flashmob's main group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/izoizolyacia/ . There are some very inventive takes there.
Awesome. People have so much imagination and creativity.
The woman at the sewing machine...I still can't tell which one is the painting! :o
Eugene, and the idea of pantomiming famous paintings goes back for decades and even centuries: https://www.visitlagunabeach.com/events/annual-events/pageant-of-the-masters/
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