A Mona Lisa for This Moment

-- from Roll Call

-- from The Guardian

In the news today: this wonderful example of street art by “TVBoy” a graffiti artist whose real name is Salvatore Benintende. I first found out about it here: "Mona Lisa's face mask and Boris Johnson's 'backside': Tuesday's best photos." Then I checked for more about Benintende, a really interesting painter. The surgical-masked Mona Lisa appears in Barcelona, and a few more photos of it have already appeared in various news items, and a big collection here: "TVBOY."

Here's a bit about the painter from "Collateral" --  

"Born in Palermo in 1980 as Salvatore Benintende, he grew up in Milan where he began painting in the streets at only sixteen, where he attended the Polytechnic studying graphic design and where Tvboy was born. Now he lives in Barcelona, where, with the technique of an engineer, he designs and creates his works. 

"His style is influenced by American Pop Art, in particular by Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein and Keith Haring, but at the same time is inspired by the work of the great artists of the past, such as Leonardo, Botticelli, Michelangelo." 

Another image from TVBOY:

It's been a while since I found a really good new Mona Lisa for my collection. This is a perfect way to illustrate what's happening in the world right now!

Obviously, these are not my photos, and I've linked to their original sources. This blog post is written by me, Mae Sander, for my blog, maefood dot blogspot dot com, and if you find this post elsewhere, it's being pirated.