Dong-kyu says that he created the 28 altered images in a flurry over the summer of 2013 and published them on his Tumblr. While the textbook sampler of Western art he chose are timeless, the tech devices in Dong-kyo’s compositions date his work. The girl in Mary Cassatt’s painting above, for instance, is staring at what appears to be a 2012 Samsung Galaxy Nexus mobile phone and still using outdated wired earphones.

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