One of my favourite images of my favourite model Gisele Bundchen has been recreated by Alex Guofeng Cao. He creates large-scale portraits of society’s icons by recreating recognizable photographs or paintings using thousands of smaller images, resulting in a pixelated and repetitive surface. He is most intrigued by the relationship between the small photos and the larger image—creating a type of dual portrait, as seen here in Gisele vs Brady, after Irving Penn’s Gisele, New York, April 1, 1999.

Anyone fancy buying me a signed and numbered copy for £10,000?

Alex Guofeng Cao
(American/Chinese, b. 1969)
Gisele vs Brady (After Penn), 2010
Lot ID: 107501
Chromogenic Print (C-print)

60 x 40 in. (152.4 x 101.6 cm.)
Signed and numbered

Edition of 10
Estimate: 8,000—10,000 USD

Chop chop! Bidding ends Thursday, April 16, 2015. Go to Artnet Auctions to bid.