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Tin Cans Transformed into Famous Art Historical Self-Portraits by Allan Rubin
Allan Rubin, Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera (2017), all images via the artist.
Allan Rubin‘s aptly named series CANON presents a range of famous artists throughout history, all rendered from an amalgamation of tin cans. The works are each painted in the style of the artist’s self-portrait, such as a Post-Impressionist Vincent Van Gogh or Neoclassical Angelica Kauffmann.
The body of work grew out of the painter’s desire to work on a smaller scale in his cramped studio. The can sculptures proved to be a perfect solution, and provided an intriguing challenge for Rubin to transform flat images into three-dimensional works.
Throughout the years he has learned the best formula to build his portraits, like realizing that the shape of tomato sauce cans are well suited for heads. “Cookie tins sometimes make good torsos,” he told Hyperallergic. “Bean cans are just right for arms and necks. Sardine cans make great hands. Lids have rings embossed on them that work perfectly for ears, and also become noses that I have learned to bend, slot, and tab onto the faces.”
Rubin’s solo exhibition CANON continues through May 5 at the Delaware Valley Arts Alliance in Narrowsburg, New York. You can see more of Rubin’s uncanny renderings on Facebook. (via Hyperallergic)
Mary Cassatt (2017)
Claude Monet (2018)
Judith Leyster (2017)
Uemura Shōen (2017)
Vincent Van Gogh (2016)
Angelica Kauffmann (2017)
Suzanne Valadon (2017)
Niki De Saint Phalle (2017)
Edgar Degas (2017)
Leonor Fini (2018)
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