Bored Coworkers Recreate Classic Paintings Using Office Supplies
Francesco Fragomeni and Chris Limbrick found themselves bored at Squarespace’s office in NYC one day so they came up with a fun activity. Using only the stuff found in their office, the two coworkers managed to recreate the famous “Creation of Adam” by Michelangelo. They were pretty happy with the results, so they continued recreating iconic paintings, which eventually grew into a project called “Fools Do Art.”
Other coworkers started to join into the fun and they began accepting idea submissions from people all around the world. Every recreation, however, has to satisfy two strict rules: it must be made exclusively using things found in the office, and any photo manipulations, if needed, must be made on a smart phone.
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“The Girl with the Pearl Earring” by Johannes Vermeer, 1665
“Mona Lisa” by Leonardo da Vinci, 1503-1506
“The Son of Man” by Rene Magritte, 1964
“Blonde Beauty” by Walt Otto, circa 1950’s
“Napoleon Crossing the Alps” by Jacques-Louis David, 1801
“Christ’s Appearance to Mary Magdalene After the Resurrection” by Alexander Ivanov, 1835
“Two Ballet Dancers” by Edgar Degas, c. 1879
“Portrait of a Man in a Turban” by Jan van Eyck, 1433
“Thinking About Death” Frida Kahlo, 1943
“Timoclea uccide il capitano di Alessandro Magno” by Elisabetta Sirani, 1659
“The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp” by Rembrandt, c.1632
“Christina’s World” by Andrew Wyeth, 1948
“Tommaso di Folco Portinari” by Hans Memling, 1470
“The Old Guitarist” by Pablo Picasso, 1903-1904
“Lady and the Unicorn: Sight,” c. 1500
“David with the Head of Goliath” by Caravaggio, 1610
“The Creation of Adam” by Michelangelo, 1511-1512
Got wisdom to pour?
They went a little far with ‘David with the Head of Goliath.’ No sacrifice is too big for art though. ;-)
Wonderful!!!!! You must do this in a gallery!
:) very ingenious!!
Is it just me or is the Pablo Picasso’s “The Old Guitarist” so much cooler looking in the remake?
He’s definitely a lot hotter then the old guy!!
What about the old guy? (or did you mean to use than instead of then?
)?
He’s definitely a lot hotter, then the old guy doused him with water.
Aw, thanks for the kind compliment! I think pablo should have painted a tattoo in the original :-p
I want to work in an office where a horse head is an office supply.
lol
Haha my office actually does have this exact horse head! And a bunch of other random-ass things…gotta spice things up every once in a while! ;-)
My husband is an engineer, and you’d be amazed at what I’ve seen in cubicles.
I am an engineer and I dont have a job.
I said that EXACT same thing!!!!!!
unicorn and horse – yeah! me too!!
*horse head MASK -be more specific or you might get more than you bargained for. ;)
super lol :D
touche!
No doubt. Horse head. lol
Unicorn Mask you guys, Unicorn.
actually both….
A unicorn is just a horse dressed up for an evening out.
Where do these guys work? These are awesome..LOL!
“Francesco Fragomeni and Chris Limbrick found themselves bored at Squarespace’s office in NYC.” Literally the first line.
Yeah, you know.. I kinda wanted to just get to the pictures.. sorry if my lack of wanting to actually read offended you so much. LOL! I did find out later when I came back but, ya know.. I already posted and I didn’t feel like correcting. Feel better now?
What are these “words” you speak of?!
lmao! exactly, who read anything
Bored cow-orkers on Demilked? :)
They went a little far with ‘David with the Head of Goliath.’ No sacrifice is too big for art though. ;-)
They went a little far with ‘David with the Head of Goliath.’ No sacrifice is too big for art though. ;-)
Oh, now I have something to do when bored in the office.