Chadwick Gray and Laura Spector of Chadwick & Spector are masters of illusion and reproduction. As a team, the two recreate historic works of art by painting them on the human body. In the end each photograph is a mystery, as viewers attempt to discern what is body part in each image.
The artistic duo has entitled their ongoing series "Museum Anatomy." According to their published artist statement:
Museum Anatomy is a collection of documentary photographs of works from museums around the world that have been recreated onto the human body. The artwork goes through a significant process until reaching the final outcome, a photograph of Chadwick, sometimes unrecognizable as a human form, with an elaborate, detailed painting covering a portion of his body. The recreated paintings of these historic portraits recapture the subjects in their own moment in history. The resulting photographs reveal a unification of art combining antiquity, history and technology in a contemporary context.
(via Colossal)
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