Illustration
Customer Complaint
Based on the Complaint tablet to Ai-Nassir where a person is complaining about being sold bad copper and that Ai-Nassir is an asshole.
Illustration
I Drink My Whiskey Not So Neat
This is based on the Dublin Whiskey Fire. Basically, as a result of a fire there was a flood of whiskey on the streets of Dublin. Nobody really drowned or burned, but there was a lot of alcohol poisoning due to people drinking whiskey off the street.
Illustration
Passions of the cut sleeve
This particular work is focused on the Chinese emperor Ai of Han and his cut sleeve. One night his favourite male concubine fell asleep on the emperor's sleeve. Since the emperor did not want to wake his lover, he grabbed scissors and cut the... More
Illustration
Sexy Statues
This image is based on the famous statues of Lucifer. The first was commissioned by a church and the artist made it so attractive that the priests were scared that the statue would turn nuns to Satanism. So, they commissioned that artist's brother,... More
Installation
Spartans Are Dicks
This work is based on the belief that ancient Athenians held that if a man had a smaller penis that meant he was more intelligent and civilized. While a man with a bigger penis was considered more animalistic and a brute. Which is why they depicted... More
Other
The Graffiti of Pompeii
Ancient Pompeii had a culture of Graffiti where it would range from informational to insults and rumors.
Illustration
The Handprints
Based on the Cave of hand where you can see the handprints of small children at the top of the cave walls which implies that the adults held them up to leave their mark.
Illustration
The Kid and His Homework
Based on found birch tree bark tablets in Novgorod, on which a kid was doing his homework but also doodling himself as a warrior on a steed.
Illustration
The True Diva
This work is based on the Italian Architect Filippo Brunelleschi who designed the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore and was known as a huge diva.
Illustration
We Shall Strike
Based on the Strike Papyrus which describes an Ancient Egyptian Workers’ union strike against a Pharaoh.
Work by
Arson Vremea
Illustration
“The collection of work "Human Shenanigans" is meant to humanise the people of the past. Through the interplay of a contemporary style and historical material these works reveal that the human...” [More]