Glenn Brown, born in 1966 in Hexham, Northumberland, is an artist whose artwork is based on appropriation. Meaning, he takes an already-existing piece from some other artists and proceeds to reinterpret it. During this reinterpretation process, he changes characteristics of the original painting, such as the colours, texture, patterns, details, among others. This way, he achieves to create a new painting. Because of this, he calls himself an “artistic Dr. Frankenstein”. However, despite making these changes from the original piece, his art has, on occasion, been labelled as plagiarism.
Sex, 2003
Talking about his artistic formation, Brown began his studies at the Norwich School of Art. After that, he completed a Bachelor in Fine Art at Bath College of Higher Education, followed by a Master of Arts at Goldsmith’s College, University of London. As for his style, he tends to use blue and green colours in his art. Apart from this, he gives his paintings a morbid and intriguing look. Thus, originally beautiful and innocent pieces, are transformed into a rather terrifying image.
Mad Love, 1991
I find it fascinating how Glenn Brown has a very distinctive and recognizable artistic style of his own, despite starting from a pre-existing painting as a base. It is interesting to see how he gives his personal touch to a painting, making us see it from a new point of view, provoking ideas, thoughts and feelings totally different from the original painting. This fact is what caught my attention the most about him; I had never seen an artist who did this kind of thing until now. I was very impressed by what he did, and I enjoyed seeing his artwork and comparing them with the original pieces. In my opinion, I even like some of his paintings more than the originals; I find them more striking and shocking.
Star Dust, 2009 
Dali-Christ, 1992
References
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenn_Brown_(artist)
https://www.wikiart.org/es/glenn-brown
https://www.alejandradeargos.com/index.php/es/completas/9-invitados-con-arte/556-glenn-brown
Sofia,
Glad someone posted on Glenn Brown as I’ve been a fan of his work for quite some time. He’s the quintessential post modernist artist for my money. I couldn’t imagine him getting away with this sort of work and these outlandish titles back in the 50’s and 60’s. Anyhow I’m giving you a 2/2 here. Enjoy your holiday break.
Jeff