Fame: an art project is a combined book and series of 100 paintings which were created by British artist Robert Priseman between 2012 and 2013. The paintings first went on public display at Art Exchange, UK in November 2013. WhiteBox AC New York City, in a show curated by Tony Guerrero in January 2014.[1][2] and in 'Re-cycling Religion' at the Dukely Center, Miami in 2016.[3]
In 2012 Robert Priseman purchased one hundred damaged religious icons from eBay and proceeded to over-paint each one with the portrait of a 20th-century celebrity who had died prematurely from suicide or as the result of a self-destructive lifestyle. The portraits are each the size of a postcard and painted to look like religious shrines.[4]
It focuses on those amongst the celebrated who were troubled and at times unable to cope with the pressures of modern living.
