If you thought solving a Rubik’s Cube was hard, try recreating a fine art masterpiece with thousands of the 3-D puzzles! That’s what the folks at the Canadian-based Cube Works have done time and time again, making Rubik’s Cube-ist versions of classics by Leonardo Da Vinci, Andy Warhol, Edvard Munch, Vincent Van Gogh and other artists as well as custom and original portraits of Bono, Sir Elton John and Jack Nicholson.
Here’s the Cube Works’ version of Da Vinci’s “Last Supper,” which used 4,050 cubes, weighs 500kg and measures 17 feet wide by 8 1/2 feet tall!
Check out more examples of the Cube Works’ creations, including images from an art show featuring their work. Click the thumbnails to see larger images in the gallery:
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- Vincent Van Gogh’s Starry Night made of Rubik’s Cubes
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- John Lennon, Gene Simmons and Heath Ledger portraits made of Rubik’s Cubes
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- Lucille Ball, Andy Warhol’s Marilyn Monroe portrait and others made of Rubik’s Cubes
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- Bulldog portrait made of Rubik’s Cubes
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- The Scream, American Gothic and the Mona Lisa made of Rubik’s Cubes
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- Portrait of a bulldog made of Rubik’s Cubes
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- Portraits of John Wayne, Clint Eastwood, Audrey Hepburn and others made of Rubik’s Cubes
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- Portrait of two sexy women made of Rubik’s Cubes
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- Scupltures of the burning monk, the Mona Lisa and John Lennon made of Rubik’s Cubes
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- Bob Marley portrait made of Rubik’s Cubes
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- Mao Tse-tung portrait made of Rubik’s Cubes
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- Elton John portrait made of Rubik’s Cubes
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- Bono portrait made of Rubik’s Cubes
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- 8 1/2 foot tall reproduction of The Last Supper made of Rubik’s Cubes
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- The Last Supper made of Rubik’s Cubes
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- Da Vinci’s Last Supper made of Rubik’s Cubes
Photos: Barcroft/Fame Pictures
How the group describes themselves and their work:
Cube works is a collection of cube-ist and graphic designers coming together to create complex works using the ’80s toy craze. While solving the sides was the ultimate goal of the toy, Cube Works uses the cube as a unique, technically complex medium for making art. Just as how pixels on a computer screen are colored and organized to form images, Cube Works arranges the cubes to make lifelike pictures out of the colored blocks.
The end results are intricate works of iconic images complete with subtleties in shading and depth. The scope of designs range from the Warhol-inspired pop art Marilyn and Campbell Soup to the complex and intricate recreation of the masterpieces of Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa and The Last Supper.
Guinness Book of World Records has recognized the Last Supper as the largest work (4050 cubes measuring 8.5 feet x 17 feet) of its kind in the world creating a new category for it. Cube Works also creates custom pieces from images provided by clients. Pricing is based on size and complexity of the work.
You can see more “cube-ism” pieces over at cubeworks.ca, including Jim Morrison, Jack Nicholson, Bob Marley and Jackie O.
Got a hankering to tinker with a Rubik’s Cube? Here’s a virtual version of the classic ’80s puzzle toy. (You can select the “classic” colors on the bottom right.)
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