Enjoy these classic works of art reinterpreted as toast
Twitter is largely an echo chamber of gamers and white supremacists and white supremacist gamers, howling with the ceaselessness of a puppy chasing its tail. It wasn’t always like this. People used to have fun on the internet, according to the old tales.
For a few minutes today, you can return to a state of innocence. This week, a charming hashtag has sprung out of Germany: #KunstGeschichteAlsBrotbelag, which according to my expertise (Google Translate) comes out as “Art History as a sandwich.” The premise is pretty simple: classic works of art reinterpreted as pieces of toast. That’s it! And the people doing it are really very good.
Check this out:
The Mona Lisa 😃#KunstGeschichteAlsBrotbelagpic.twitter.com/dGYcw2IWHl
— ck (@creativedino) July 20, 2018
The Starry Night - Van Gogh #KunstGeschichteAlsBrotbelagpic.twitter.com/2oEbmKPJzV
— بلا ولا شي (@ClaireLarsson) July 20, 2018
Andy Warhol, A toast to Marylin.#KunstGeschichtealsBrotbelagpic.twitter.com/5HoPsFDCdq
— Anja Hartmann (@bucketrides) July 20, 2018
„Не Болтай!“ (Schwätze nicht!). Nina Watolina/Nikolai Denissow, 1941 #KunstGeschichteAlsBrotbelag#agitproppic.twitter.com/XBv7PQv4H8
— Katrin Scheib (@kscheib) July 20, 2018
Auf einen Toast mit Gabriele Münter.
— Fräulein Read On (@MlleReadOn) July 20, 2018
Brot nach:Gabriele Münter, Der blaue See, 1934,Kunstmuseum Linz.#KunstGeschichteAlsBrotbelagpic.twitter.com/OO1hF8EfYo
This is cute. This is creative. This is going to be a BuzzFeed listicle in about twenty minutes. But it doesn’t matter, because you’re scrolling through it now, smiling just a little bit. Now, back to the white supremacists.