This Guy Paints Pop-Culture Characters Into Old Thrift-Store Paintings
March 10, 2018 10:43 AM Subscribe
Dave Pollot buys thrift store paintings and enhances them with pop culture symbols. "Most are prints or lithographs," he told Bored Panda. "Any scratches or marks are carefully touched up and then my own visions are added." Before focusing on repurposing discarded thrift art, Dave painted more ‘serious’ architectural paintings and landscapes. Now, however, he's completely devoted to his new passion.
These are great, but despite the site's exhortations I don't trust its design skills.
posted by rhizome at 10:57 AM on March 10, 2018
posted by rhizome at 10:57 AM on March 10, 2018
Off to the thrift store, half price day!
posted by BoscosMom at 10:58 AM on March 10, 2018 [1 favorite]
posted by BoscosMom at 10:58 AM on March 10, 2018 [1 favorite]
I got to the one with an angry earless cat/penguin thing and I couldn't stop laughing. It's just equal parts WTF and delightful. I'd try to pat it gently if it was real.
posted by Vesihiisi at 11:35 AM on March 10, 2018 [5 favorites]
posted by Vesihiisi at 11:35 AM on March 10, 2018 [5 favorites]
reminds me of Rozalski
yeah, it's hardly a new idea. I guess I'm personally pushing for this kind of thing becoming its own FORM. The Repurposists or whatever.
As a friend put it. "Completely irreverent, yet entirely relevant."
posted by philip-random at 12:04 PM on March 10, 2018 [1 favorite]
yeah, it's hardly a new idea. I guess I'm personally pushing for this kind of thing becoming its own FORM. The Repurposists or whatever.
As a friend put it. "Completely irreverent, yet entirely relevant."
posted by philip-random at 12:04 PM on March 10, 2018 [1 favorite]
I don't get the one with the two children writing something. I can't find where he modified it?
posted by traveler_ at 12:05 PM on March 10, 2018 [7 favorites]
posted by traveler_ at 12:05 PM on March 10, 2018 [7 favorites]
Look at the gentleman standing next to the children.
posted by plastic_animals at 12:08 PM on March 10, 2018 [2 favorites]
posted by plastic_animals at 12:08 PM on March 10, 2018 [2 favorites]
Who ?
posted by Pendragon at 12:09 PM on March 10, 2018 [1 favorite]
posted by Pendragon at 12:09 PM on March 10, 2018 [1 favorite]
I got to the one with an angry earless cat/penguin thing and I couldn't stop laughing. It's just equal parts WTF and delightful. I'd try to pat it gently if it was real.
That's a porg.
The one with the horse-sized duck did it for me, even though it's more of a pony-size duck: the artist really captures the struggle of life's choices.
posted by Dr Dracator at 1:14 PM on March 10, 2018 [8 favorites]
That's a porg.
The one with the horse-sized duck did it for me, even though it's more of a pony-size duck: the artist really captures the struggle of life's choices.
posted by Dr Dracator at 1:14 PM on March 10, 2018 [8 favorites]
Ready Painter One.
posted by glonous keming at 2:14 PM on March 10, 2018 [7 favorites]
posted by glonous keming at 2:14 PM on March 10, 2018 [7 favorites]
/futureantiquesroadshow
“My god, you've discovered a genuine lost 1782 Trumbull portrait! Unfortunately, this Psyduck here makes it worthless...”
posted by Slarty Bartfast at 2:32 PM on March 10, 2018 [6 favorites]
“My god, you've discovered a genuine lost 1782 Trumbull portrait! Unfortunately, this Psyduck here makes it worthless...”
posted by Slarty Bartfast at 2:32 PM on March 10, 2018 [6 favorites]
I thought this was going to be awful, but I was won over by the quasi-Impressionistic image of David Lo-Pan (new desktop image!) and the multiple "Rick & Morty" references.
posted by Dr. Wu at 3:04 PM on March 10, 2018
posted by Dr. Wu at 3:04 PM on March 10, 2018
How many of these would be too many to hang in a one-bedroom apartment? I want to keep my tasteful aesthetic.
posted by bendy at 5:36 PM on March 10, 2018 [2 favorites]
posted by bendy at 5:36 PM on March 10, 2018 [2 favorites]
Ah, the old shaving cream in the sleeper’s hand prank!
posted by Knowyournuts at 6:23 PM on March 10, 2018
posted by Knowyournuts at 6:23 PM on March 10, 2018
This reminds me of Neon Park's work. ( He is most famous for his work on Little Feat album covers).
posted by coldhotel at 1:18 PM on March 11, 2018
posted by coldhotel at 1:18 PM on March 11, 2018
This kind of thing goes all the way back to Disney, sort of.
posted by lagomorphius at 6:30 AM on March 12, 2018
posted by lagomorphius at 6:30 AM on March 12, 2018
These are delightful. A couple prompted spontaneous laughter. I'd hang the duck-and-ponies painting on my wall, no lie. Also the "Persistence of Memory" one.
posted by Lexica at 10:58 AM on March 12, 2018
posted by Lexica at 10:58 AM on March 12, 2018
I experienced Star Wars on the big screen in 1977 at age 9. I graduated from high school in 1986. I rode the bus reading Doctor Who novelizations and Dungeons and Dragons books. My screen name is "Legomancer", for god's sake, and I still own those eponymous legos, which I keep intending to get back to. I play board games as a hobby.
And yet.
Geek "culture" absolutely confounds and eludes me.
posted by Legomancer at 2:48 PM on March 12, 2018
And yet.
Geek "culture" absolutely confounds and eludes me.
posted by Legomancer at 2:48 PM on March 12, 2018
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