Arts Buy Art, Help Kids
posted by on February 11 at 14:15 PM
A friend of mine works for a really amazing nonprofit in L.A. called The Alliance for Children’s Rights that provides legal services for kids (foster kids, homeless kids, sick kids, etc.). This week they’ve organized—and I say this without hesitation—one of the coolest fundraisers ever. They bought up a bunch of 1950s paint-by-numbers canvasses and had famous artists transform them into new, weirdo, totally rad pieces of art. They’re all for sale on eBay and 100% of the proceeds go to the Alliance (i.e. to helping a kid get a house or an operation or a mom).
I know precious little about art, but I love love love this idea. And people tell me that these artists are famous:
“the most sought-after artists of the Pop-Surrealist, Lowbrow, Graffiti, Outsider, Urban, New Fine Art and Contemporary Movements including Mark Ryden & Marion Peck, Tim Biskup, Gary Baseman, Todd & Kathy Schorr, Camille Rose Garcia, Michael Hussar, Shag, Clayton Brothers, Shepard Fairey, Andrew Brandou, Gary Panter, and Miss Van”
Heiko Mueller Before:
Heiko Mueller After:
Gary Baseman Before:
Gary Baseman After:
Cool, right? You can browse all of the before and afters here and bid here.
My sister painted that first one for a girl scout project. We had to live with that until she went to college and discovered sex.
the most horrible garbage I have ever seen
the art turn off
better would be to do the paint by numbers, coat with brown varnish and pretend they were from the 15th century
put in that space above the toilet
What a terrific project! Surrealism is hard to carry off well, but this show is really something.
Brilliant.
Wow, all but 3 or 4 of the redone versions looked like crappy art from the 70s found in yard sales done by the landlords of would-be avant guardists who had abandoned it. The originals are for the most part either more genuinely surreal or subtle. Any cultural comment is more shallow than the original (not so say racist).
I'm making this comment just so those few other Stranger readers who see it the same way don't feel so alone. I know this is the dominant aesthetic at the Stranger and accept my knuckle-draggin' outsider status in this , and many other, areas.
#2 and #5: Different strokes for different folks...if you don't like it, you're entitled to your opinion...you don't have to defend it. You have the right.
BUT...For my opinion.
What a great, great, great idea...And, yes, these are some MAJOR artists...and I love how some of them did a lot to the paintings and some of them hardly anything...I want all of them...
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