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Jnic335i
9th of April 2010 (Fri), 10:42
Found this browsing the web today. Basically she paints her subjects to look as if they are in a painting! SO COOL

This is strikingly awesome.
"That's a real-ass live human woman right there! You see, DC artist Alexa Meade paints people to look like they're in paintings. Maybe art isn't dead! But you know what is? The opossum on the sidewalk right outside my apartment complex. It's true, I even poked it with a stick when I was walking the dogs.

I paint representational portraits directly on top of the people I am representing. The models are transformed into embodiments of the artist's interpretation of their essence. When captured on film, the living, breathing people underneath the paint disappear, overshadowed by the masks of themselves."

http://www.geekologie.com/2010/04/06/painting-1.jpg


http://www.geekologie.com/2010/04/06/painting-2.jpg
http://www.geekologie.com/2010/04/06/painting-3.jpg
http://www.geekologie.com/2010/04/06/painting-4.jpg
http://www.geekologie.com/2010/04/06/painting-5.jpg
http://www.geekologie.com/2010/04/06/painting-10.jpg
http://www.geekologie.com/2010/04/06/painting-11.jpg


the rest can be seen here...

http://www.geekologie.com/2010/04/real_people_painted_to_look_li.php

Jethro790
9th of April 2010 (Fri), 10:44
No pic of the possum?:lol:

digitalphotocandy
9th of April 2010 (Fri), 10:57
Interesting technique. It is cool and slightly creepy at the same time.

suecassidy
9th of April 2010 (Fri), 19:52
I've seen this somewhere and it makes me wonder: is that a new style of photography, or of painting? Not sure. Innovative art, for sure, but does it qualify as photography? I''ll be interested to hear from other photographers.

makart
12th of April 2010 (Mon), 06:26
Thats pretty cool, certainly fooled me

stagi
12th of April 2010 (Mon), 13:45
That is very cool, really creative!

RDKirk
13th of April 2010 (Tue), 15:38
I've seen this somewhere and it makes me wonder: is that a new style of photography, or of painting? Not sure. Innovative art, for sure, but does it qualify as photography? I''ll be interested to hear from other photographers.

It's called "performance art."

http://www.geekologie.com/2010/04/06/painting-3.jpg

CyberDyneSystems
13th of April 2010 (Tue), 15:49
That's really freaky! The first image really does the job well.

Scatterbrained
13th of April 2010 (Tue), 15:52
brings new meaning to the term "fine art photography"

Hyland33
14th of April 2010 (Wed), 11:30
Thats amazing! I love it!

tcvd112
14th of April 2010 (Wed), 17:20
That is phenomenally nuts. In a good way, lol.

canonjuke
15th of April 2010 (Thu), 02:07
thats cool one!

skygod44
15th of April 2010 (Thu), 02:14
It's called "performance art."

http://www.geekologie.com/2010/04/06/painting-3.jpg

Love it!
Incredibly skilled efforts on the part of the artist....but I'd go along with this being performance art and not photography - which is taking nothing away from the artist!

RDKirk
15th of April 2010 (Thu), 06:16
Love it!
Incredibly skilled efforts on the part of the artist....but I'd go along with this being performance art and not photography - which is taking nothing away from the artist!

Yes. The second image (the link I quoted) showed that the artist does not just take and display a photograph, but the entire scene including the live subject is put on display for the audience

2joez
21st of April 2010 (Wed), 04:20
wow, this reminds me of those silver painted people at vegas, who stand in one spot the whole day.

mitchman
22nd of April 2010 (Thu), 21:10
Really cool! But wouldn't this be more effective with video instead of stills?

vivala1210
22nd of April 2010 (Thu), 22:42
kinda look like van gogh/ gauguin work

RDKirk
23rd of April 2010 (Fri), 05:30
Did you mean that this are a real people? It cant' be. Looks like alive sculpture

Yes, these are real people sitting in public exhibits. It's performance art.