Gerry chapleski – Chingona Lisa

Description

Artist Statement

I attempt to steal a little of the magic of the old European masters and put my own twist on it. I re-do their designs with images I find on the internet — figures are replaced with nude dancers, wrestlers, burlesque performers, selfie models or bodybuilders (Rubens’ nudes were always so buff). Clothing, drapery and hats
become flowers (I’ve always had a tumultuous love affair with flowers, I think that they are the best evidence of design of a higher power), faces become celebrities, cultural icons, famous personas or masks.