Mona Lisa by Salai, Leonardo da Vinci's pupil, model and probably lover. It was Salai who was named in Leonardo’s will to inherit the original painting, which he kept until the day he died.
Transport for London employee Kim being creative on a service information poster at Caledonian road tube station in London.
Moving from London trains to Osaka, Japan, trains, which is what the workers for Takashimaya department store use to get to work in the mornings. 300 of the workers used 320,000 of their train tickets to create this Mona Lisa.
In October 2009, artist Katy Webster created the world's biggest Mona Lisa at the Eagles Meadow shopping centre in Wrexham. Very shortly afterwards she was beaten by the Shanghai Expo. Don’t you just hate it when that happens?
I bet Katy kicked herself and said “Why didn’t I do the last supper, or Sunflowers?” Anyway Katy, you are still British and European Champion.
Groovy cleaver clogs Chris Naylor created an environmentally-friendly Mona Lisa in a back garden (not his), using B&Q tools. This was to promote B&Q's Brighten Up Britain campaign.
He probably had to take them back afterwards, because they had all broken.
Mona Lisa in Lego by Eric Harshbarger. Still playing with toys Eric? You need to get out more.
Mona Lisa in a dirty car windscreen by Scott Wade, of San Marcos, Texas.
Mona Lisa. A pastiche by Raphael of the newly painted picture.
Can you imagine the conversation?
“Lenny, I love the Fibonacci thing going on, oh....and those hands. I gotta get this down.”
Mona Lisa with a rocket launcher by Banksy. You can buy this on an A3 Canvas by Red Rat (?) from Amazon for the give away price of £22.99 plus p&p.
How’s that for art, imitating art, imitating art?
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