Art X Smart Adds 21st Technology onto Famous Masterpieces

Art X Smart Adds 21st Technology onto Famous MasterpiecesCombining famous historical paintings with images of 21st century technology, ‘art x smart’ has transported them into another time. the addition of smartphones onto masterpieces by artists such as cézanne, gogh and manet forces one to re-examine them and question the influence of technology on modern society.
The works are intended to be humorous parodies of the way smartphones have dramatically changed today’s social interaction. the models in the classical paintings use the devices to play games, take pictures and listen to music, as though the action was of second nature to them, like it is for us.

Art X Smart Adds 21st Technology onto Famous Masterpieces

‘girl with a pearl earring and an iPhone’ after ‘girl with a pearl earring’ by johannes vermeer, 1665

Art X Smart Adds 21st Technology onto Famous Masterpieces

‘when you see the amazing sight’ after ‘wanderer above the sea of fog’ by caspar david friedrich, 1818

Art X Smart Adds 21st Technology onto Famous Masterpieces

‘sunday afternoon’ after ‘a sunday afternoon on the island of la grande’ by jattegeorges-pierre seurat, 1884–1886

Art X Smart Adds 21st Technology onto Famous Masterpieces

‘his room’ after ‘the bedroom’ by vincent van gogh, 1888
Art X Smart Adds 21st Technology onto Famous Masterpieces

‘news of kidnapping on facebook’ after ‘over the town’ by marc chagall, 1917-18
Art X Smart Adds 21st Technology onto Famous Masterpieces

‘always in my hand’ after ‘in the conservatory’ by édouard manet, 1878-9

Art X Smart Adds 21st Technology onto Famous Masterpieces

(left) ‘a family gathering’ after ‘the balcony’ by édouard manet, 1868
(right) ‘in a cafe’ after ‘l’absinthe‘ by  edgar degas, 1876
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