Filipino Artist Paints On Dead Cockroaches. Weird Flex But Okay, Quite Unique

Filipino Artist Paints On Dead Cockroaches. Weird Flex But Okay, Quite Unique

As someone who appreciates almost all forms of art, I do tend to like seeing artists who find different ways of expressing and representing their artwork. I have been in awe of artists like Augusto Esquivel, Nele Azevedo Steven Spazuk and John Bramblitt. And I enjoy watching artists find new and creative ways to showcase their skills. So I was definitely taken aback but appreciative of this Filipino artist named Delgado, who posted the paintings she has done on dead cockroaches, yes, dead cockroaches.

While most would be weirded out by cockroaches (me being one of them), Delgado saw them as an opportunity to showcase her painting skills. She is a 30-year-old woman who lives in the Caloocan City in Manila who thought of this idea as she was sweeping cockroaches from her workplace. Upon noticing how shiny and smooth the cockroach wings are, she decided to use them as canvases to paint on, according to reports.

 

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Delgado uses oil paintings and has recreated paintings such as Vincent Van Gogh’s  The Starry Night, Frida Kahlo’s Self-Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird and Johannes Vermeer’s Girl with a Pearl Earring.

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There have been artists before Delgado who have used insects as canvases as well. Christian Ramos paints people on cockroaches as protests against them and has painted personalities such as Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, and Adolf Hitler.

Regardless of how “weird” or “gross” this might come off as I personally believe that these are still beautiful pieces of art in their own right. The attention to detail and precision required to be able to paint such masterpieces on a canvas so small is a task for any artist to which Delgado has done justice to.

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