An artist has recreated the famous portrait of Mona Lisa using 330 Rubik’s cubes.
The unique art piece is expected to have an auction value of up to $166,000 at the upcoming Paris auction by the end of February.
Watch the art piece in the video below.
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The unusual ‘painting’ is going to be auctioned at Paris’ Artcurial auction house on February 23. It is created by a French Street artist who goes by the alias “Invader.”
Invader’s true identity is not known to the public so far.
Invader created “Rubik Mona Lisa” in 2005, which is now being branded as a “modern take on the world’s most famous painting.”
Mona Lisa was created by Florentine artist Leonardo da Vinci 500 years ago and legend has it that he created it. To put it simply, it is not the portrait of anyone who actually existed; it is just a creation of da Vinci’s own mind.
The original Mona Lisa still hangs at an art gallery in Paris and is the most visited art piece ever.
Invader, on the other hand, started his journey with the art of Rubik’s cube back in 2004. It was the time when an auction house declared the best seller toy to be a thing that can be used to create art.
The art of making images out of Rubik’s cubes is called “Rubikcubism.”
“Amongst his works on this theme, which he has explored in a variety of forms, this rubikcubist Mona Lisa is actually the representation that is most faithful to the original,” said the auction house in a press release.
Invader calls himself a UFA or Unidentified Free Artist.
He has a website where he says that he explores the most heavily populated areas of the world, little by little, and ‘invades’ them to display 20 to 50 pieces of art per city.
According to the auction house, Invader said about Rubikcusim in 2007: “To view a piece, you have to stand back from it.
“Close up, the image is nothing but a mass of cubes and colors, it’s only when you stand back that the face emerges.
“The further away you stand, the clearer it becomes.”
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