Thursday, April 29, 2010

Nike of Galleria

For this project, the idea was to take a famous work of art and change something about it to convey a modern message. I had a few ideas, but my best was to take the Nike of Samothrace, or Winged Victory and put her in sexy lingerie to make it look like one of the Victoria Secret "Angels."


I combined these two ideas, added a little charcoal and got this:



The hardest part about this project is finding a work of art you can use. Then coming up with a clever idea. The Nike is one of my favorite works from this period.

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