#Renaissance paintings recreated by car mechanics are my new jam.

[bathroommonkey76]

Link to tweet

[MineralMan]

1. Nice Tableaux...

Gotta love it!

[rusty fender]

2. Those are so unbelievably fantastic

and witty

I especially love the ramen noodles in The Last Supper

[bathroommonkey76]

3. 9 Photos of Car Mechanics Recreating Famous Renaissance Paintings

You never know when inspiration will strike. For Chicago-based professional photographer Freddy Fabris, it happened when he stumbled into an auto repair shop while helping his friend get his car fixed.

"Because of my painting background I've always wanted to re-create classic masterpieces, but I knew that in order to create something that would create a new dialogue on an old subject, there had to be a twist," Fabris says. "How could we tell these stories in a new context? How could we bring a little humor yet respect and homage the originals?"

The answer came on an otherwise ordinary day in an ostensibly ordinary place.

"By chance, I entered this shop where a friend of mine would take his car for repairs, and I fell in love with it immediately. There was this perfect balance of grease, stuff, chaos, and reality. Probably for the common eye it was just a messy car shop. To me, it was a set ready to go."

Read more:

http://www.popularmechanics.com/cars/a22320/auto-mechanics-renaissance-paintings/

[democrank]

4. One of the best

Love it

[denbot]

5. Hands down, that will be the coolest thing I'll see all Labor Day weekend.

K&R

[GetRidOfThem]

6. Hands down wonderful!

Witty, intelligent!

[Solly Mack]

7. Very cool

[ananda]

8. *Like*

I needed something quirky and different -- like this.

Thanks.