Neatorama » lowbrow art http://www.neatorama.com The Neat Side of the Web Wed, 15 Feb 2012 23:26:39 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 The Birth of the Bride of Frankenstein http://www.neatorama.com/2010/12/28/the-birth-of-the-bride-of-frankenstein/ http://www.neatorama.com/2010/12/28/the-birth-of-the-bride-of-frankenstein/#comments Wed, 29 Dec 2010 03:44:36 +0000 John Farrier http://www.neatorama.com/?p=39971

Lowbrow artist Mike Bell made this fanciful depiction of the Bride of Frankenstein in imitation of Sandro Botticelli’s The Birth of Venus. As you can see at artist’s website, the Bride is a favorite motif of Bell.

Link via Nerdcore | Artist’s Website (warning: sound)

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Niagara Detroit is an American artist associated with the Lowbrow movement. She was the frontperson for the 80s punk band Destroy All Monsters, but now works primarily in the visual arts. Her dominant motif is portraits of sultry, dangerous women.

Link (kinda NSFWish at times. Also with self-starting audio)

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Isabel Samaras is a San Francisco-based artist who juxtaposes pop culture icons from the 1960s with major works of Western art. Above is “The Birth of Ginger”, a synthesis of Gilligan’s Island and Sandro Botticelli’s “The Birth of Venus”.

Link (Official website)

Link (Interview of the artist)

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