The American __tier

In his newest series The American _tier, artist Shawn Huckins explores 19th century American paintings in context of 21st century slangAfter replicating paintings by hand, he superimposes text-messaging pop culture jargon with white paint – no photoshop involved here! The juxtaposition of old and new begs the question: what would our founding fathers think of present day lexicons!?

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(images courtesy of Shawn Huckins)

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  1. STEL STYLE wrote:

    interesting art project!!

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  2. Genius and funny. I guess they would think whatever hahaha.

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  3. Stela 9 wrote:

    This is brilliant. “w’evr”.. my personal favorite.

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  4. Alice wrote:

    Great! 🙂

    Thanks for sharing

    Regards,
    Alice

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  5. Lauren wrote:

    Lol these are pretty funny
    Lauren
    livinginaboxx

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  6. Eveline wrote:

    “twerking lik a bosss” Awesome!!
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  7. Angie wrote:

    The only thing I appreciate about these is the effort of making painted replicas.
    Other than that, I feel that the paintings were tainted and somehow violated. I really find it disturbing, and not in a disturbing art kind of way, but just unpleasant and insulting.

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  8. Garnett wrote:

    I appreciate that he is painting the backgrounds; however, he is ripping off Wayne White. http://www.waynewhiteart.com

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  9. Shelley wrote:

    These are hilarious!
    Yes, they are insulting but I think these paintings make an interesting commentary on history, contemporary culture, and even nostalgia.
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  10. Awesome!
    XO CHAMAFASHION
    http://www.chamafashion.com/

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