Throughout history, artists have found their inspiration in love, beauty, nature, and purity. As society advances, however, we’ve traded in many of these idyllic themes for selfishness, corruption, polluted cities, and greed.
More than ever, we have to work to find beauty in the world, to search for happy headlines underneath mountains of war, hatred, and bad news.
Conceptual artist Dan Cretu has tons of amazing art on his social media pages, but some of the most striking works are modernized versions of classic art that he’s transformed as a commentary on our busy, money-hungry society.
A Fast Food Renaissance (Source: Instagram @dan_cretu)
Start the slideshow below to see some of your favorite paintings remastered for a new world, then SHARE the message.
Nighthoax
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Missed connections while taking the Uber home at night. I wonder what Hopper would think.
Children’s New Games
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Imagination is on its way out as technology takes over even children’s playtime in this Bruegel remake.
The Snappening
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Cretu uses Botero to illustrate the dangers of sending nude pictures.
Narcissus
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Selfies and the modern-day Narcissus.
PicassoTube
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Today, everything is perverted. Love the webcam commentary.
American Gaythic
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Times they are a’ changing.
Real Life
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SOML.
The Clown Drinks
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Taken from Jacob Jordaens.
The Hills Are Alive
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Unplug and enjoy the natural music.
Censorship
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If the emoji is dirty, the real thing must be dirty, too. Right?
Broadcast Yourself
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More webcam commentary.
Heaven’s Gate
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Where will you find salvation?
Waiting June
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Now the Frederic Lord Leighton piece depicts a common modern-day scenario: waiting for bae to call.
Just One Bite
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Save the apples for the Happy Meal.
The Scream
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Probably texting and driving…