Album Covers Featuring Famous Works of Art (or obvious parodies of same)

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Wait, how is Goo by Sonic Youth a parody or a famous work of art? It's Raymond Pettibon, but he did it by request. It's an original design for the sleeve.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 2 June 2005 13:07 (eighteen years ago) link

koogs, thats a faust tapes cover, right? i never thought of how similar it looks to unknown pleasures...

― peter smith (plsmith), Thursday, 2 June 2005 13:10 (eighteen years ago) link

The images I posted upthread are:
(1) "Kerze" by Gerhard Richter (on Daydream Nation sleeve) - This painting was at one time featured at the Chicago Institute of Arts museum. I'm not sure if it's part of their permanent collection or not)
(2) "Manneken Pis" ("pissing boy") by Jerôme Duquesnoy (on Technique sleeve) - A statue in Brussels with an interesting story that can be found here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manneken_Pis

― Steve Gertz (sgertz), Thursday, 2 June 2005 17:04 (eighteen years ago) link

"The Rainmakers" (who were from Kansas City) features the work of the great American artist Thomas Hart Benton - also from KC, MO.

― Billy Budapest, Friday, 3 June 2005 14:58 (eighteen years ago) link

http://www.superseventies.com/ac18breakfastinamerica.gif

― Mike Dixn (Mike Dixon), Friday, 3 June 2005 15:17 (eighteen years ago) link

> koogs, thats a faust tapes cover, right?

yep, picture is Brigit Riley's "Crest". i've a feeling i heard something about them using it without permission - later versions have a different sleeve. better picture here: http://home.psu.ac.th/~punya.t/20th%20en/Crest.html

― koogs (koogs), Friday, 3 June 2005 15:49 (eighteen years ago) link

What work of art does Breakfast in America parody?

Ohhh, the Statue of Liberty.

― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Friday, 3 June 2005 16:10 (eighteen years ago) link

http://fiw.web.infoseek.co.jp/sanctuary/pic/cyndi2.jpg
Back cover of Cyndi Lauper's She's So Unusual, with portions of Van Gogh's "The Starry Night" on the soles of her shoes!

― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Friday, 3 June 2005 16:15 (eighteen years ago) link

http://krug.org/unit/spinal/intraven.jpg

― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Friday, 3 June 2005 16:35 (eighteen years ago) link

two years pass...

obvious parody?

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/37/WhistlersMother.jpeg/300px-WhistlersMother.jpeg http://g-ec2.images-amazon.com/images/I/41iTF3azTeL._AA240_.jpg

― stephen, Wednesday, 26 September 2007 21:57 (sixteen years ago) link

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