Classic Art Paired With Hip-Hop Gives Mona Lisa Some Swag

 By 
Brian Koerber
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Classic Art Paired With Hip-Hop Gives Mona Lisa Some Swag
Credit: Fly Art Productions

First thing's first, Boldini's the realest.

Only on the Internet can two completely unrelated things can be mashed together to create something entirely new and attractively strange. Disney princesses are reimagined as everything and anything,

[img src="http://admin.mashable.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/tumblr_n81naqL8ve1t7z5mbo1_1280.png" caption=""Diaz Albertini" (1909), Giovanni Boldini / "Fancy", Iggy Azalea ft. Charli XCX" credit="Fly Art Productions" alt="tumblr_n81naqL8ve1t7z5mbo1_1280"]

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Fly Art creators, Toni Potenciano and Gisella Velasco, describe their project as "an homage to the finer things in life: art and hip-hop". Born from boredom, frustration and web culture, the project brings classic artwork into the modern age by associating the paintings with song lyrics that fit all too well.

The modern lyrics, which have now moved beyond just hip-hop genres, add a bit of humor to a refined subject matter. We're sure members of the fine art world will disagree, but we think that Mona Lisa and Nicki Minaj make the perfect mashup. She needed some swag, anyway.

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