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Paintings of Divine, Apu, Amy Winehouse, Princess Leia and more, using old coins as a canvas
10.31.2014
10:46 am
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Divine, over an image of Generalissimo Francisco Franco
 
Andre Levy must be quite the draftsman, to paint such compelling and amusing images on the unforgiving terrain (copper, nickel) of a coin measuring no more than an inch square. But that’s what the artist, who was born in Sao Paulo but is currently based out of Frankfurt, has done. A cheeky sense of humor (he clearly loves the Simpsons) and a sharp eye have surely aided him in his quest to take over the Internet (which he seems to have done).

Benjamin Sutton of Hyperallergic got in touch with Levy per email: “I’m a graphic designer and split my time between an advertising job and my personal projects, which include street art and illustration. The most notorious of those projects, so far, is Tales You Lose, which became popular on Instagram and Tumblr,” Levy told Hyperallergic. “I never collected coins. What initially made me accumulate a few was the fact that I keep forgetting them in my pockets. I learned, though, that outside its territory of origin the coin leaves behind its illusional value as currency to carry a value defined by its carrier. I saw those coins as massively reproduced sculptures, and felt they could be turned into templates for something richer. Painting the coins was a way to give those metal pieces some room for interpretation. The pop characters were a way to bring in narratives as strong as the original ones and enable the new stories when people relate both characters.”
 

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Leonardo, over Leonardo da Vinci’s Vitruvian Man
 

The Flash, on a Greek Olympic coin
 

Princess Leia, over an image of British Queen Elizabeth II
 

René Magritte’s “The Son of Man,” on a Chinese coin
 

YouTube error icon, over Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
 

Amy Winehouse, on a French coin
 

Apu from The Simpsons, on a Thai coin
 

Asterix and Obelix, on a French coin
 

Swiftwind, on an Irish coin
 

Simpsons doughnut
 
via Hyperallergic

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10.31.2014
10:46 am
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Amy Winehouse portrait done in pills by Jason Mecier
08.08.2011
10:22 pm
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An appropriate tribute to the late singer by the always fabulous Mr. Jason Mecier.

See more of Jason’s pill portraits here.

Posted by Richard Metzger
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08.08.2011
10:22 pm
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DJ Kypski imitates Amy Winehouse’s voice with a turntable
08.01.2011
12:51 pm
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Here’s DJ Kypski‘s impressive and lovely tribute to Amy Winehouse.

Equipment used: Rane TTM56, Vestax Contoller One

 

 
(via Testspiel.de)

 

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08.01.2011
12:51 pm
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Amy Winehouse Teapot
07.28.2011
08:07 pm
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The Amy Winehouse teapot by artist Charles Krafft and Mike Leavitt. As Dangerous Minds pal Adam Parfrey puts it, “Here’s how everyone can enjoy Amy Winehouse forever, and also pour poppy tea…”

Posted by Tara McGinley
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07.28.2011
08:07 pm
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51 minutes of Amy Winehouse being extraordinary
07.24.2011
04:47 am
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When she was good, she was very very good.

Sometimes when you go real deep you forget to come up for air.

Update 7/24: Improved audio.

 
Thanks Rene.

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07.24.2011
04:47 am
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Amy Winehouse’s To-Do-List, aged 17
12.28.2010
01:08 pm
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A selection of Amy Winehouse’s teenage lyrics and a “to-do-list” has been found in a “stash of dumped school books,” Britain’s Sun reports:

They also include diary entries the Rehab singer made when 17 in 2001, the year before she landed a recording contract.

In one Amy, who has fought cocaine and booze addiction, urges herself to “live like the bombshell I really am”.

In another she tells of her lust for a fella named Felix and writes: “There’s too much sexual tension.”

Amy, now 27, scrawled lyrics amid course work for an English Literature A-level. She wrote “Amy’s Songs” on the front of a red notebook.

Lines include: “I’m digging myself into a hole/These days I’ll just work when once I had so much soul.”

Another verse starts: “Drain my drink & order more.” And a third - “Find someone with whom I can come undone” - predicted her future with junkie BLAKE FIELDER-CIVIL.

The books were found in rubbish on a North London street.

Amy’s to-do-list includes: buy a flat, buy a car, buy a sunbed, get a gym membership - all of which pales into insignificance when compared to what Amy eventually did do.

Full pics and story here.
 
Amy’s youthful longing.
 
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The shape of things to come?
 
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Via The Sun
 

Posted by Paul Gallagher
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12.28.2010
01:08 pm
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