Nothing could warm the heart of a vintage comic book geek more than these sensational new artworks by Alex Gross. Taking antique photographs called Cabinet cards from the 1870s to 1920s, he hand-painted each one to look like comic heros, movie characters and even some colorful character creations of his own. He cleverly reworks the often plain backgrounds of the original image, moves arms around and changes their dress to something more “super,” retaining the face of the original portraits figure. Suddenly a solemn 19th century portrait becomes a stoic and colorful visage of Bizzaro standing before a war torn city.
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The pieces are part of his latest show “Product Placement,” running Feb 25th – March 24th at the Jonathan LeVine Gallery in New York. As part of the show he will be launching his third book, Now And Then, The Cabinet Card Paintings of Alex Gross, featuring 98 of these remixed characters from history. How strange would it be to know that someday your image would be remixed by an artist, transforming you into a fictional character from the yet to be imagined future?
Above: Bizzaro
Below: Aquaman
Star Trek
Sandman
Marvel Girl / Magnito
Batman / Batgirl
Doctor Strange / Captain Hindi
Creature / Cyclops
Dr. Octopus / Wolverine
Via: rampagedreality.com
