People are re-creating famous artworks with their pets and whatever else is lying around

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Dogs as baby Jesus. Bathrobes as gowns. People got creative when the Getty Museum challenged them to create bootleg art at home.

The art world has gotten online since the coronavirus pandemic devastated everyday life. With museums closed for now, institutions have launched virtual tours and live streams for us to enjoy while we wait for a return to normalcy.

Twitter, Facebook and Instagram users rose to the challenge valiantly, using their self-quarantined inventory to whip together bootleg artwork. No household object, or tenant, was spared in the process. Pets, children, cans of tuna, toilet paper and bonsai trees are just some of the tools used to make this magic.— Jeff Johnson March 28, 2020 The halberdier who is in Italian artist Jacopo da Pontormo’s portrait looks strikingly similar to Paul Dano, but that’s not the point.

— TheBee 🐝 March 26, 2020 It feels like a good time to revisit expressionist artist Edvard Munch’s 1893 work “The Scream.” A masterpiece known for its portrayal of anxiety, its star subject shrieks alone in nature, which seems more relatable now than ever as we practice social distancing. Twitter user TheBee ingeniously re-engineered “The Scream” with toy cars, boxes of tikka masala, oven mitts, a wooden house figurine, red shoes and some clothes.“The Laundress” View this post on Instagram We challenged you to dig into Getty's online collections and re-create artworks with objects at home, inspired by the Instagram account @tussenkunstenquarantaine aka "Between Art and Quarantine," and boy did you deliver.

 

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what r you creating?u r humiliating nations Roots& all the Humanity specifically mothers & children . If u don't believe in Santa Maria in 1st place our Holly Mother& Jesus Christ, u r advertising that all children r equal to dogs.who will respect if u call your own kids dogs!

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