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"Recently in Kawasaki, Japan, a sextet of famous paintings marched their way
through the city’s annual Halloween parade— Picasso’s “The Weeping Woman,”
Vincent van Gogh’s self portrait, Johannes Vermeer’s “Girl with a Pearl
Earring,” Leonardo da Vinci’s “Mona Lisa,” Edvard Munch’s “The Scream,” and of
course Beast Jesus, the art world’s favorite botched masterpiece. Costume
wearers presented themselves as the subjects of the famous paintings from the
waist up, with fishnet stockings and heels from the waist down. The group won
this year’s Pumpkin Award, taking home the grand prize and 500,000 yen, or
around $4,400. You can see other prize winners of this year’s Kawasaki
Halloween parade on their website, and view the paintings in action in a video
by @
ellie below. (via
Hyperallergic)"
Via Whuffo and Susan ****
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
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https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
