In the tradition of undead work I’ve been cranking out these past few months it was inevitable that somewhere along the line I’d infiltrate the finer art of the Italian Renaissance legends. What better classic beauty to cover with decayed flesh than the timeless Mona Lisa of Leonardo da Vinci. Twisting the otherwise lively effect of daVinci’s use of sfumato into the austere clear-cut inked line work is my favorite juxtaposition and cruelty of re stylization for the best of screen printing effects. The fact that the original work has survived for more than 500 years screams “time for a zombie makeover” in my book of revelled fine art iconography. Seeing as how the painting has undergone the most extensive cleaning, re-varnishing, and recorded number of touch-ups ever in the history of restoration to prolong this gender-ambiguous model I find a comfort in irony to destroy the established elegance and refine her attraction in an otherwise more dark-contemporary fashion. I can hear her moaning “Brains!”
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