For centuries, artists have used both famous and not-so-famous people as their muses. So who are the A-listers that are currently getting the creative juices flowing in the realm of modern art?
It’s no surprise that artistic inspiration is still being strongly drawn from political figures and beautiful women, but what is surprising is that celebrating beauty has become less of a focus in contemporary artworks.
The traditional desire to depict subjects favorably has been significantly overruled by artistic subversion as well as by a strong emphasis on showcasing the mediums that modern artists are working within rather than their subjects.
30 Artistic Celebrity Subversions
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Recreating Famous Paintings With Photography
Julianne Moore by Peter Lindbergh for Harper's
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Photoshopped Normalcy
‘Less Idol' Shows Famous Faces Sans Famous Features
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Digitally Aged Celebrities
Stars Who Died Young as Seniors
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Robot A-List Actresses
Photoshopped Celebrity Cyborgs
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Reverse Photoshopping
Celebrities as Zombies
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Inspirational Typography Art
Portraits of Grammy Nominees Made From Influential Song Titles
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Celebrity Dolls as Art
$3000 Angelina Jolie Doll
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Political Graffiti
George Bush Themed Street Art
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Sinister Super Villains
Photoshopping Celebrities' Dark Sides
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Provocative Celebtography
Surreal Stars in the Twisted Work of Andrea Giacobbe
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Obama Street Art
Innovative Ways to Show Political Support With A Spray Can
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Celebs Made of Garbage
A-List Mosaic Makeover Portraits Are Pretty Trashy
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Devotee Designer Art Stores
Fan-Created Robert Pattinson Merchandise
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Pixelated Portraits
10 A-List Vector Renderings
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3D Phonebook Art
Telephone Directory Carvings by Alex Queral
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Controversial Collages
Paris Hilton Portrait Made of Naughty Pictures
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RobotShopping A-Listers
Worth1000 Turns Celebrities into Robots
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Fake Dead Rockstars
Faux Amy Winehouse Art Cadaver
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Celebrities as Holy Figures
Angelina Jolie As Virgin Mary by Kate Kretz
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Art Made of Jelly Beans
Jelly Belly George Clooney
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Rock ‘N Roll Oil Paintings
Religious Art ‘Kiss'ed With Makeup
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Digitally Reconstructed Dictators
'Faces of Evil' Photo Mashups
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Tabloid Collages
Celebrity Album Cover Mashups
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Celebrity Caricatures
Blake Loosli Illustrates A-Listers With Dignity And Without Distortion
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Presidential Muses
‘The Art of Obama' Catalogues Global Street Art Support
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Portraits from Text
Veja Magazine's George W Bush Ads
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LEGO Inaugurations
LEGO Obama Waves Good Bye to George Bush in Front of White House
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Presidential Sand Art
Barcelona's Barack Obama Portrait
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Shoe-Tossing Art Exhibits
Gallery Invites People to Throw Shoes at Bush for $1
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