‘Emoji Nation’ Is Art History, According To The Internet
Your favorite works of art, updated for the online era. 
Nastya Ptichek / Via m1.behance.net
Nastya Ptichek, a Ukrainian artist, was toying around on her phone recently when she had a revelation of sorts: many of the emojis she’d been using had begun to resemble well-known works of art. She began to pair the emojis with famous paintings for a series she’s titled “Emoji Nation”.
Her first series is mostly emoji reinactments like this one of Degas’ Ballerinas.
Nastya Ptichek / Via m1.behance.net
Next, she began to insert them into works by Edward Hopper. In Ptichek’s re-imagined Summer Evening, the result is rather poignant.
Nastya Ptichek / Via m1.behance.net
The series then moved on from emojis to include prominent icons from Instagram, Facebook and Twitter.
Nastya Ptichek / Via m1.behance.net
Nastya Ptichek / Via m1.behance.net
Her most recent installment is centered around error messages in other, more traditional works.
Nastya Ptichek / Via m1.behance.net
Nastya Ptichek / Via m1.behance.net
You can find more of Ptichek’s work here: http://boys-dont-cry.co/http://nastya-ptichek.tumblr.com/https://www.behance.net/gallery/emoji-nation-part-2/15413671
All images reposted with the artist’s permission.
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