inge prader brings gustav klimt paintings to life using models and props
inge prader brings gustav klimt paintings to life using models and props
image © life ball / inge prader
for the stylebible of this year’s life ball in vienna — an annual AIDS charity event — photographer inge prader has recreated the impression of the vienna secession by bringing the painted personages of gustav klimt to life.
carefully posed models and intricately crafted props duplicate some of klimt’s most iconic masterworks like ‘death and life’ and ‘beethoven frieze’, mirroring the gold hued, highly decorative and erotic aesthetic the austrian artist became best known for. richly ornamented costumes clothing warriors and women alike are situated alongside semi-nude figures and set against detailed mosaic backdrops, projecting paradise-like conditions that truly characterize klimt’s ‘golden phase’.
recreation of klimt’s ‘death and life’
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recreation of ‘beethoven frieze’ detail
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recreation of a gustav klimt painting by inge prader
image © life ball / inge prader
recreation of a gustav klimt painting by inge prader
image © life ball / inge prader
recreation of ‘beethoven frieze’ detail
image © life ball / inge prader
recreation of ‘beethoven frieze’ detail
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recreation of ‘medicine’
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recreation of a gustav klimt painting by inge prader
image © life ball / inge prader
image © life ball / inge prader
recreation of ‘danae’ by inge prader
image © life ball / inge prader
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Dear Artist Inge Prader, the models and art designers; Congratulations for your great and passionate theatrical photographic project !!! Full of beauty and power!!!
I really love this work being a huge Klimt fan !!! It’s amazing !
Being one of my favourite painters can only be enthusiastic about this project !!! Fantastic idea !! Love it!!
I adore Klimt and lextur on his art. You have a great imagination and I congratulate you on fabulous works. Love and light Rona Kruger
Absolutely fantastic pictorials. The detail is phenomenal, the models are fantastic, and the art direction is absolutely gorgeous. Thank you for sharing with us.
Definitely Amazing!.. truly inspiring Job! Congratulations
This is stunning and I love it… but Danae was WAY thicker in the thighs, god bless him.
Incredible!
I’d love to see this taken the next step and through video these figures start to move
Absolutely Stunning
new fine art. good
A most inspiring journey I have just return from, yet remain inspired with your magnificent stimulating vision. Klimt’s works have always amazed me and I am certain he would be amazed to see these. I look forward to your new expressions!! Spectacular!!!
Will this be available as a book at all
It is stupendous, thank you
amazing work !! A great admirer of Klimts work you cannot imagine the rapture and pleasure i derive from your wonderful work. Kudos to the entire team and those backstage !!!
Stunning, Audacious, Captivating, Scintillating, Confident, Invigorating…..Gustav would have been proud!
I love it, iTS amazing. Klimt in a new jacket!!!