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In Videos: Re-Creating the Mona Lisa in Burger Grease

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You know how greasy food in a paper bag sort of starts leaking onto the bag and turns it almost transparent? Now imagine a giant paper canvas, ten burgers from an unidentified fast food chain, and enough grease from them to re-create the Mona Lisa. [Video, after the jump.]

Re-creating the Mona Lisa in Burger Grease

21 Comments:

That is incredibly impressive.
Also, scary.

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I agree with the previous comment, scary. Imagine all that grease swimming through you.

The possibilities are endless.

Ahh, the endless possibilites of grease gone wild.

The scary thing is that it only took ten burgers' worth of grease to create.

No, the scary thing is how many @%$!&*% idiots still think fauxhawks are a viable hairstyle.

There must be an easier way . . . .

I'm not sold on his only using 10 burgers. That's all we see him order in the video, but the pile of burgers on the black table in the foreground is a lot larger than 10.

Ew. Ew. Ew. Ew. Ew.

This seems to be an ad for Arby's, if you go to the URL stamped on teh video. And it's probably faked. And also, the video won't play for me.

Bagh. I didn't even pay attention to that URL at the bottom. It is indeed an ad for Arby's and its stupid "roastburger." Fuck. I admit it. I just got punked. Enjoy this post while you can. I think I'll be taking it down by end of day.

Although this is part of a campaign for Arby's, the artist Phil Hansen is for real. You should see all the stuff he's painted with not just burger grease.

It wouldn't take nearly as many to recreate the mona lisa. The mona lisa is a relatively small painting. He could have done it with one burger.

@Adam-don't take it down, people "hunger" for this stuff.

@ratbuddy-all that talent and all you can do is critique his hair, I think your the @%$!&*% idiot.

I typed in the URL and was really confused for a second. I totally got tricked too. I wonder what he could create with the grease from an Arby's sandwich..

Still kind of cool, albeit a little gross.

Wow, with a few more burgers he could have done the Last Supper.

@dmc, little harsh there. Are you also afflicted with this modern day mullet?

Phil! Congrats, Man! Yayyyy.. So happy for you - you're the best. AND so talented!

Does it really matter if it's an ad for Arby's? It's still real. It's an impressive and creative artistic feat. I don't personally care whether he used 10 burgers, 100 burgers, or a single slice of pepperoni pizza - it's an innovative use of food in art. Pop-culture food meets renaissance painting.

Ratbuddy,
Maybe the hair is a spoof. It looks like Bob's Big Boy hair.
Anyway, if hair is your focus, you miss the point.
And even if this is an ad for some other unhealthy food, it does do a good job of literally illustrating what we should fear ingesting.

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