Classical Art Turned Into Batman-Themed Pop Art

Paying homage to the masters while incorporating some fandom into the mix, Vartan Garnikyan paints Batman-inspired art using historical paintings as his foundation. The Los Angeles-based artist dedicates months on end to turn each reimagined versions of the classics into a series of pop art dedicated to Batman and his arch enemies and the results are fantastically imaginative. Though some may see his remakes as a way of defacing high-brow art, Garnikyan points out that it’s his way of bringing the timeless images back into mainstream view. As for us, we side with the latter and personally think his gender-bending Mona Lisa is genius.