Hip Hop + Classical Paintings Seems Like a Perfect Marriage
2014.07.01
Artists Gisella Velasco and Toni Potenciano have been pairing classic paintings by famous painters and hip hop lyrics by contemporary musicians since December 2013.
Some of the art pieces are the works of Leonardo da Vinci, Matisse, and Dali, and the lyrics are from popular songs by musicians such as Kanye West, Snoop Dogg, and Beyonce, amongst others. The marriage of the paintings and lyrics are surprisingly amusing:
Follow the ongoing project on Tumblr.
![paintings_hip_hop.jpg paintings_hip_hop.jpg](/files/attach/images/3004/698/274/014/paintings_hip_hop.jpg)
Mona Lisa, Leonardo da Vinci (c.1503) / Super Bass, Nicki Minaj
![paintings_hip_hop_1.jpg paintings_hip_hop_1.jpg](/files/attach/images/3004/698/274/014/paintings_hip_hop_1.jpg)
The Birth of Venus (1486), Sandro Botticelli / ***Flawless, Beyonce ft. Chimamanda Ngozie Adiche
![paintings_hip_hop_2.jpg paintings_hip_hop_2.jpg](/files/attach/images/3004/698/274/014/paintings_hip_hop_2.jpg)
Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Luncheon of the Boating Party (1881) / Super Rich Kids, Frank Ocean
![paintings_hip_hop_3.jpg paintings_hip_hop_3.jpg](/files/attach/images/3004/698/274/014/paintings_hip_hop_3.jpg)
Dancers practicing at the barre (1877), Edgar Degas / Fergalicious, Fergie feat. Will.i.am
![paintings_hip_hop_4.jpg paintings_hip_hop_4.jpg](/files/attach/images/3004/698/274/014/paintings_hip_hop_4.jpg)
A Lady Writing a Letter, with her Maid (c.1670), Johannes Vermeer / Otis, Jay-Z, Kanye West feat. Otis Redding
![paintings_hip_hop_5.jpg paintings_hip_hop_5.jpg](/files/attach/images/3004/698/274/014/paintings_hip_hop_5.jpg)
The first coat (1892), Vladimir Makovsky / American Boy, Estelle feat. Kanye West
![paintings_hip_hop_6.jpg paintings_hip_hop_6.jpg](/files/attach/images/3004/698/274/014/paintings_hip_hop_6.jpg)
The Family of Henry VIII (c. 1572), Lucas de Heere / Big Poppa, The Notorious B.I.G.
![paintings_hip_hop_7.jpg paintings_hip_hop_7.jpg](/files/attach/images/3004/698/274/014/paintings_hip_hop_7.jpg)
Noli Me Tangere (1442), Fra Angelico / U Can’t Touch This, MC Hammer
![paintings_hip_hop_8.jpg paintings_hip_hop_8.jpg](/files/attach/images/3004/698/274/014/paintings_hip_hop_8.jpg)
Phaedra, Alexandre Cabanel (1880) / Bitch, Don’t Kill My Vibe, Kendrick Lamar
![paintings_hip_hop_9.jpg paintings_hip_hop_9.jpg](/files/attach/images/3004/698/274/014/paintings_hip_hop_9.jpg)
The Persistence of Memory (1931), Salvador Dali / Ms. Jackson, Outkast
![paintings_hip_hop_10.jpg paintings_hip_hop_10.jpg](/files/attach/images/3004/698/274/014/paintings_hip_hop_10.jpg)
The Ascension (1775), John Singleton Copley / Touch The Sky, Kanye West ft. Lupe Fiasco
![paintings_hip_hop_11.jpg paintings_hip_hop_11.jpg](/files/attach/images/3004/698/274/014/paintings_hip_hop_11.jpg)
Antoine-François Callet, King Louis XVI (1754-1793) / C.R.E.A.M., Wu-Tang Clan
![paintings_hip_hop_12.jpg paintings_hip_hop_12.jpg](/files/attach/images/3004/698/274/014/paintings_hip_hop_12.jpg)
The Death of Marat, Jacques-Louis David (1793) / N.Y. State of Mind, NaS
![paintings_hip_hop_13.jpg paintings_hip_hop_13.jpg](/files/attach/images/3004/698/274/014/paintings_hip_hop_13.jpg)
Love’s Shadow (1887), Frederick Sandys / Ring the Alarm, Beyonce
![paintings_hip_hop_14.jpg paintings_hip_hop_14.jpg](/files/attach/images/3004/698/274/014/paintings_hip_hop_14.jpg)
Hell (1450), Dirk Bouts / Drop It Like It’s Hot, Snoop Dogg feat. Pharell Williams
![paintings_hip_hop_15.jpg paintings_hip_hop_15.jpg](/files/attach/images/3004/698/274/014/paintings_hip_hop_15.jpg)
Icarus and Daedalus (c. 1869), Frederic Leighton / Pretty Fly (For a White Guy), The Offspring
![paintings_hip_hop_16.jpg paintings_hip_hop_16.jpg](/files/attach/images/3004/698/274/014/paintings_hip_hop_16.jpg)
L’Absinthe (1876), Edgar Degas / Gin and Juice, Snoop Dogg
![paintings_hip_hop_17.jpg paintings_hip_hop_17.jpg](/files/attach/images/3004/698/274/014/paintings_hip_hop_17.jpg)
Louis XIV (1701), Hyacinthe Rigaud / Tom Ford, Jay-Z ft. Beyonce
![paintings_hip_hop_18.jpg paintings_hip_hop_18.jpg](/files/attach/images/3004/698/274/014/paintings_hip_hop_18.jpg)
Pelt Merchant of Cairo (1869), Jean-Leon Gerome / Cold.1, G.O.O.D. Music feat. Kanye West & DJ Khaled
![paintings_hip_hop_19.jpg paintings_hip_hop_19.jpg](/files/attach/images/3004/698/274/014/paintings_hip_hop_19.jpg)
La Coiffure (1901), Henri Matisse / Rocket, Beyonce
Some of the art pieces are the works of Leonardo da Vinci, Matisse, and Dali, and the lyrics are from popular songs by musicians such as Kanye West, Snoop Dogg, and Beyonce, amongst others. The marriage of the paintings and lyrics are surprisingly amusing:
Follow the ongoing project on Tumblr.
![paintings_hip_hop.jpg paintings_hip_hop.jpg](/files/attach/images/3004/698/274/014/paintings_hip_hop.jpg)
Mona Lisa, Leonardo da Vinci (c.1503) / Super Bass, Nicki Minaj
![paintings_hip_hop_1.jpg paintings_hip_hop_1.jpg](/files/attach/images/3004/698/274/014/paintings_hip_hop_1.jpg)
The Birth of Venus (1486), Sandro Botticelli / ***Flawless, Beyonce ft. Chimamanda Ngozie Adiche
![paintings_hip_hop_2.jpg paintings_hip_hop_2.jpg](/files/attach/images/3004/698/274/014/paintings_hip_hop_2.jpg)
Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Luncheon of the Boating Party (1881) / Super Rich Kids, Frank Ocean
![paintings_hip_hop_3.jpg paintings_hip_hop_3.jpg](/files/attach/images/3004/698/274/014/paintings_hip_hop_3.jpg)
Dancers practicing at the barre (1877), Edgar Degas / Fergalicious, Fergie feat. Will.i.am
![paintings_hip_hop_4.jpg paintings_hip_hop_4.jpg](/files/attach/images/3004/698/274/014/paintings_hip_hop_4.jpg)
A Lady Writing a Letter, with her Maid (c.1670), Johannes Vermeer / Otis, Jay-Z, Kanye West feat. Otis Redding
![paintings_hip_hop_5.jpg paintings_hip_hop_5.jpg](/files/attach/images/3004/698/274/014/paintings_hip_hop_5.jpg)
The first coat (1892), Vladimir Makovsky / American Boy, Estelle feat. Kanye West
![paintings_hip_hop_6.jpg paintings_hip_hop_6.jpg](/files/attach/images/3004/698/274/014/paintings_hip_hop_6.jpg)
The Family of Henry VIII (c. 1572), Lucas de Heere / Big Poppa, The Notorious B.I.G.
![paintings_hip_hop_7.jpg paintings_hip_hop_7.jpg](/files/attach/images/3004/698/274/014/paintings_hip_hop_7.jpg)
Noli Me Tangere (1442), Fra Angelico / U Can’t Touch This, MC Hammer
![paintings_hip_hop_8.jpg paintings_hip_hop_8.jpg](/files/attach/images/3004/698/274/014/paintings_hip_hop_8.jpg)
Phaedra, Alexandre Cabanel (1880) / Bitch, Don’t Kill My Vibe, Kendrick Lamar
![paintings_hip_hop_9.jpg paintings_hip_hop_9.jpg](/files/attach/images/3004/698/274/014/paintings_hip_hop_9.jpg)
The Persistence of Memory (1931), Salvador Dali / Ms. Jackson, Outkast
![paintings_hip_hop_10.jpg paintings_hip_hop_10.jpg](/files/attach/images/3004/698/274/014/paintings_hip_hop_10.jpg)
The Ascension (1775), John Singleton Copley / Touch The Sky, Kanye West ft. Lupe Fiasco
![paintings_hip_hop_11.jpg paintings_hip_hop_11.jpg](/files/attach/images/3004/698/274/014/paintings_hip_hop_11.jpg)
Antoine-François Callet, King Louis XVI (1754-1793) / C.R.E.A.M., Wu-Tang Clan
![paintings_hip_hop_12.jpg paintings_hip_hop_12.jpg](/files/attach/images/3004/698/274/014/paintings_hip_hop_12.jpg)
The Death of Marat, Jacques-Louis David (1793) / N.Y. State of Mind, NaS
![paintings_hip_hop_13.jpg paintings_hip_hop_13.jpg](/files/attach/images/3004/698/274/014/paintings_hip_hop_13.jpg)
Love’s Shadow (1887), Frederick Sandys / Ring the Alarm, Beyonce
![paintings_hip_hop_14.jpg paintings_hip_hop_14.jpg](/files/attach/images/3004/698/274/014/paintings_hip_hop_14.jpg)
Hell (1450), Dirk Bouts / Drop It Like It’s Hot, Snoop Dogg feat. Pharell Williams
![paintings_hip_hop_15.jpg paintings_hip_hop_15.jpg](/files/attach/images/3004/698/274/014/paintings_hip_hop_15.jpg)
Icarus and Daedalus (c. 1869), Frederic Leighton / Pretty Fly (For a White Guy), The Offspring
![paintings_hip_hop_16.jpg paintings_hip_hop_16.jpg](/files/attach/images/3004/698/274/014/paintings_hip_hop_16.jpg)
L’Absinthe (1876), Edgar Degas / Gin and Juice, Snoop Dogg
![paintings_hip_hop_17.jpg paintings_hip_hop_17.jpg](/files/attach/images/3004/698/274/014/paintings_hip_hop_17.jpg)
Louis XIV (1701), Hyacinthe Rigaud / Tom Ford, Jay-Z ft. Beyonce
![paintings_hip_hop_18.jpg paintings_hip_hop_18.jpg](/files/attach/images/3004/698/274/014/paintings_hip_hop_18.jpg)
Pelt Merchant of Cairo (1869), Jean-Leon Gerome / Cold.1, G.O.O.D. Music feat. Kanye West & DJ Khaled
![paintings_hip_hop_19.jpg paintings_hip_hop_19.jpg](/files/attach/images/3004/698/274/014/paintings_hip_hop_19.jpg)
La Coiffure (1901), Henri Matisse / Rocket, Beyonce
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