Sculptures from famous paintings

January 28, 2005 8:38 AM

Artists from Parastone Studios bring famous paintings to life by creating sculptures from the characters in them: Hieronymus Bosch, Dali, Pieter Bruegel the Elder, and more.
posted by driveler (7 comments total)

Wow, yuppie kitsch.
posted by Finder at 8:55 AM on January 28, 2005

They've been getting insane free publicity on every blog out there. Cool-looking though - I'm a fan of Bosch's imaginary Hell.
posted by melt away at 9:08 AM on January 28, 2005

They've got a copy of Rodin's Thinker. The orginal was a scupture that has been reproduced ad nauseum - a cursory google search turns up Thinker bookends and the like. Is it just me, or does that kind of make the collection seem more banal than it otherwise might have been?
posted by raedyn at 10:20 AM on January 28, 2005

I've poked around as much as I could... Does anyone know if any of this is for sale?
posted by dabradfo at 10:26 AM on January 28, 2005

I think a lot of these look really cool. Under the contact link it list galleries where they seem to be for sale. The US one is in Florida.
posted by OmieWise at 11:06 AM on January 28, 2005

I've seen this around a lot of places, too, but I do think a lot of this stuff is pretty cool. Including the Rodin piece is pretty hokey, but I have always really liked Pompom's work, and he's not nearly as well known.

I'm especially into those Escher globes. They look like they could be pretty intense.
posted by LairBob at 12:04 PM on January 28, 2005

more like high-brow kitsch. The world is turning in on itself.
posted by mokujin at 10:49 PM on January 28, 2005