Baroque paintings given a street art makeover - in pictures
Triumph of David (detail, Poussin, c1630) and Phlegm's version on a wall in Dulwich, south London. “Phlegm originally chose a painting [to reinterpret] that included a skull and a dead body", says Ingrid Beazley, "but then decided on the man playing a trumpet, which is much more suitable for the school-run location that it's in.”Photograph: Dulwich Picture Gallery/Ingrid BeazleyGirl at a Window (Rembrandt, 1645) and System and Remi Rough's version. ”The symbol on the girl’s hat is the symbol of System’s street art crew, Agents of Change.”Photograph: Dulwich Picture Gallery/Ingrid BeazleyFlowers in a Terracotta Vase (Jan Van Huysum, 1732) and MadC's versionPhotograph: Dulwich Picture Gallery/Ingrid Beazley
Landscape with Sportsmen and Game (detail, Pynacker, 1665) and Roa's version. “This is the only painting that some people have objected to. What’s odd, of course, is that 400 years ago, people were not shocked by a shitting dog, but years later, there are people out there that don’t like it!”Photograph: Dulwich Picture Gallery/Ingrid BeazleyGuardian Angel (Franceschini, 1716) and Stik's version. “In the original, the angel is pointing up to the spiritual light and the little boy is falling over some rocks. On the wall, Stik’s angel is pointing up to an energy-saving bulb, and the rocks are represented by the pot plant.”Photograph: Dulwich Picture Gallery/Ingrid BeazleyMrs Moody with her Sons Samuel and Thomas (Thomas Gainsborough c1772) and Stik's versionPhotograph: Dulwich Picture Gallery/Ingrid BeazleySamson and Delilah (Van Dyck, 1620) and David Shillinglaw's version. “David decided that Samson and Delilah were in love and that she had not wanted to betray him, so he made them into one person with two sets of eyes, two hearts and tears. The other eyes symbolise the people watching in the background.” Photograph: Dulwich Picture Gallery/Ingrid BeazleyJoseph Receiving Pharoah's Ring (Tiepolo, 1755) and Thierry Noir's versionPhotograph: Dulwich Picture Gallery/Ingrid BeazleyJudgement of Paris (Van der Werff, 1716) and the version by Ben Wilson (aka Chewing Gum Man)Photograph: Dulwich Picture Gallery/Ingrid Beazley
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