The Getty Museum has encouraged people around the world to get behind their Covid-19 quarantine Art Challenge, and recreate famous works of art using household objects during lockdown.
Some of the results are truly inspiring and worthwhile checking out at the hashtags #tussenkunstenquarantaine#gettychallenge#betweenartandquarantine #museumchallenge on Instagram.
Here, I recreated The Frame by Frida Kahlo, and the amazing Tanya Howie in Auckland has begun an Instagram page dedicated to her incredible creations at Imitation Curation. Tanya, who is a fashion stylist and mother – with an amazing wardrobe – has been featured on The Project TV show interviewed about her transformations, and you can watch it at this link at The Project Facebook page.
Here are some of my favourites.
Imitation Curation – Number 37 – The Naughty Maids by Ludwig Knaus. “I raise my glass to all the parents juggling their household, family, work & home-schooling during a freaking global pandemic. Oh, and I highly recommend walking around with wine when you’re cleaning up. It makes it much more bearable.”
Imitation Curation – Number 31 – Art Deco by Henry Hutt
“Ethel wistfully remembered the time before the prohibition of babysitters and schools.”
Imitation Curation – Number 26 – Cymburgis by Daniel Porada.
“Having a bad hair day? Orange you glad that I have a simple hair hack for you!”
Imitation Curation – Number 30 – Funny Faces 1 by Renata Lombard.
“Happy Friday! Homeschooling is done for the week and it’s happy hour(s) at the home bar.”
Imitation Curation – Number 24 – See Through by Joseph Lorusso.
“Now that it’s not recommended, I realise that face-touching has been a favourite pastime of mine.”
Imitation Curation – Number 11. Nonna by Gaetano Bellei.
“Here sits Tanya, 38, feeling pleased she got through her first week of homeschooling.”
Imitation Curation – Number 15 – Ingenue by Felicia Forte
“Just testing out a new parenting hack before I try it on the kids.”
Imitation Curation #6 Emma Hart as The Spinstress, by George Romney.
“Here I sit, ready for my children’s homeschooling excuses. This feels poignant on the first morning of lockdown home learning. This is also my ode to The Great Coronavirus Toilet Paper Obsession of 2020.”
Imitation Curation #1 Charlotte of Bourbon.
“Yes that’s a bra on my head.”
Imitation Curation – Number 23 – Lockdown in Paradise by Kate MacKenzie. Profits from prints of this painting are going to I AM HOPE fund for Mental Health.
“As requested by The Project viewers, here is my re-creation of our Fearless Leader, Envy of Other Nations, Mother of Dragons, Aunty J, The Best Damn PM, New Zealand’s Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern.”
11 May 2020
Megan Robinson
Imitation Curation images by Tanya Howie, used with permission.