Art nerds, prepare to fall in love with the work of photographer Andy Alcala; in a series of self portraits entitled FaceArtists, he pays homage to a group of famous artists who range from Van Gogh to Banksy, recreating some of their most beloved works with his own mug acting as a canvas. Interestingly, it was his ode to Jackson Pollock’s One: No. 31 that gave him the most problems. “You’d be surprised how hard it is to make this drip affect when you’re the only one working on it,” Alcala explains. “I had to think of creative ways to get the paint to act like it would with Pollock because simply using a brush and the paint wasn’t working.” Click through to see how it turned out, and to view the rest of the series.
Starry Night, Vincent Van Gogh. Courtesy of Andy Alcala
Comments (16)
Who will paint Mona Lisa?
What type of paint was used? Really nice!
how old is he about 12? these are great
Love it.
Why not push it more? different models or models w/ a frame of reference with the artist. He tries to legitimize the work by using a little ethnic boy..But really, its no different than playboy bunnies getting bodypainted and serving cocktails at Hugh’s mcmansion. And why use famous artwork? it’s like cheating on an final’s essay by throwing in big vocabulary words to make it sound more interesting….meh.
Where’s the credit to the young model? Could’nt you at least have mention him?
@JanJan, Roberta – these are self portraits.
wow one
Is this just basic face paint?
@JanJan – “But really, its no different than playboy bunnies getting bodypainted and serving cocktails at Hugh’s mcmansion.”
Apart from the fact that the model isn’t a Playboy Bunny, he’s not getting bodypainted, he’s not at Hugh’s mansion and he’s not serving cocktails. But yeah, apart from that, spot on.
Excellent.
Self portraits, people, read up. The model/artist/photographer is Andy Alcala, not some 12 year old ethnic kid/playboy bunny
[...] “Face Paintings,” and I’m not talking about the kind you would see at your local fair. In this photographed collection, Andy Alcala, seeks to honor and recreate some of history’s most beloved pieces of art using his own face as a canvas. In this series of work, he is the model, artist, and photographer. Talk about talented, I find his collection to be deeply captivating. Intrigued? You can check out more of his work on flavorwire [...]
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put me in the “inspired” column. Elaine
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