Altered Paint-By-Numbers
In keeping with my post about Thrift Store artwork, today I'm posting some altered paint-by-numbers by various Los Angeles artists. We attended this show in downtown Culver City a year ago. Sorry, I don't remember the name of the gallery or many of the artists, and my photos are slightly wonky, but I do know that the artists participating in altering various vintage paint-by-numbers canvases are part of the low-brow art scene.
The idea was to show the original vintage painting in a photo below the altered version. This is a grand way to update your thrift shop finds. Some of these "new" paintings are hilarious. Some are darkly disturbing. I love them all.
3-Day Weekend Plans:
Yayyy! For many of us it's a 3-day weekend....President's Day. When I was in grade school, we got to celebrate Lincoln's b-day (2/12) and Washington's b-day (2/22) separately, on the exact DAY. I do miss those times.
We're not going out of town. Los Angeles is a tourist destination. We may go see the new BCAM at LACMA. We'll be in Pasadena on Saturday morning....always a fun City. We've got brunch on Sunday with some out-of-town family members. Monday, I may just meet up with the Eastside Girls for some serious knittage. We'll play it by ear. Have a marvelous weekend!
Labels: Art, Los Angeles
posted by Ellen Bloom @ 11:50 AM
5 Comments:
Now I wish I had kept some of those old paint-by-numbers from way back when--I can just imagine how they'd look now!
This Eastside Goil is looking forward to Monday, woo hoo! Knittage!!
I love the paint by number interpretations. I want to do a paint by numbers painting. I never have before. Can you still get them at the drug store?
Love the altered paint by numbers - wish I could have caught that show. I really need to get out (west) more!
LOVE those recycled PBNs. Thanks for sharing them with us.
Hope to see ya Monday!
Enjoyed reading this post, and looking at the artwork! Thanks for sharing.
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