A year ago, I came up with my Mag+Art project – a collection of magazine cover and classical painting mash-ups. My Tumblog became a bit popular and gained some followers. One of my followers requested me to try combining album cover art (instead of magazines) and classical paintings. It’s more difficult but I gave it a try.
I took the chance to make a series of digital collages featuring the studio album covers of some popular singers today. I used these album covers because they are simpler and straightforward. I think (the principles of) photography is the same as classical painting. Portraiture using cameras adopted the same set of rules and techniques in painting.
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David Bowie + The Arnolfini Portrait by Jan van Eyck
Bad Blood by Taylor Swift + Louisa, Marchioness of Waterford by Sir Francis Grant
Take Care by Drake + An Irritable Appeal by John Bagnold Burgess
Chief by Eric Church + American Gothic by Grant Wood
B’day By Beyoncé + Girl In Green By Lord Frederick Leighton
Like a Virgin by Madonna + Young Woman Reading by Alfred Stevens
Low by David Bowie + Renata Borgatti at the Piano by Romaine Brooks
1989 by Taylor Swift + Portrait of Edith (the artist’s wife) by Egon Schiele
Born To Die By Lana Del Rey + The Lord Of Burleigh By Edmund Blair Leighton
Circus by Britney Spears + La Soiree by Vittorio Reggianini
Kiss Me Once by Kylie Minogue + The Ugly Duckling by Frank Cadogan Cowper
Xscape by Michael Jackson + The Zouave by Vincent van Gogh
Homogenic by Björk + The Love Letter by Auguste Toulmouche
Night Time, My Time by Sky Ferreira + A Lady’s Maid Soaping Linen by Henry Robert Morland
Purpose by Justin Bieber + Saint Sebastian by Antonello De Messina
Fearless by Taylor Swift + Good companions by Vittorio Reggianini
Pin Ups by David Bowie + Scene in Spain, near Seville by John Bagnold Burgess
The 20/20 Experience by Justin Timberlake + Pierre et Valentine by André Devambez
Sail Out EP by Jhene Aiko + Ships on a Stormy Sea by Willem Van Develde The Younger
The Element of Freedom by Alicia Keys + La Infanta Isabel de Bourbon e Bourbon by Vicente Palmaroli
