--Tribute To Monet--
Bansky's Tribute to Claude Monet
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Over the course of my life, I have fallen in love with many Claude Monet pieces. One of my favorites (below) is "Waterlily Pond" (1899)
the colors on this piece are so inviting that I feel as if my eyes are dancing on his canvas over every brushstroke with pure happiness. His color mixing in this piece is so beautifully done that each color comes alive the longer you stare at it! I love that Monet has captured this moment in time and has made it eternal by capturing everything from the movement of the trees, the water, and even dare I say, the air! Everything in this piece feels warm, serene and inviting!
A few months ago, I ran in to a BANSKY piece where he used Monet's painting as inspiration for a tribute piece. When I first saw the piece I had to ask myself
"would Monet be pissed that Bansky did this re-take on one of his most memorable pieces of art?" and then I thought to myself "well, Bansky is a political artist, and so was Monet, so maybe he would be proud." I think that aside from all the endless differences between Bansky and Monet one similarity is that they were both passionate about the art they produced, and I think that Bansky's tribute piece to Monet, would have made him proud:
As you can see, Bansky's re-take on the classic "Waterlili Pond" is very different than Monet's but I have to say that I think it is just as moving as Monet's piece because Monet has painted the ugly reality that we are living in today.
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