Russian Artist Uses Pepe the Frog as Her Subject In Paintings

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Ava K
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Pepe The Frog is probably the most famous internet meme since his first appearance in 2005. The green anthropomorphic frog with a humanoid body is created by Matt Furie for his comic called Boy’s Club.

Platforms likes Myspace, Gaia Online and 4chan used it as a meme and by 2015, it had become one of the most popular memes used on 4chan and Tumblr. The character’s image had been appropriated as one of the symbols of the controversial alt-right movement in 2016.

Russian artist Olga Vishnevsky, aka Pepelangelo, saw the frog in a different way. To her, the popular meme “is not a symbol of hate, but a symbol of peace, love and solidarity.” In fact, it is one of her favorite memes.

“I spent a lot of time on the Russian 4chan and Pepe the Sad Frog was one of my favorite memes. I started collecting rare Pepes and I had no idea about Matt Furie, Donald Trump, alt-right and so on. I just loved to save pictures with Pepe the Frog who was sad in different situations,” Vishnevsky told Bored Panda.

From iconic paintings to mosaics and sculptures, the artist portrayed the adorable green frog in a positive note like what the creator of Pepe saw it under. Check out her paintings below.

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RRREEEE 60*30CM

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Dear friends! I want to show you a sketch of my new work. Perhaps this will be a good gift for Christmas. So far it is from plasticine. Height is about 30 centimeters. I plan to produce them from a light (to be cheap to deliver) resin and paint under the copper. Of course, it is possible to cast from bronze or other material, but it will be expensive production and expensive delivery. I think the price will be 200 dollars, including shipping. I will take pre-orders until December 18th so that by the 25th you can please yourself. I still have very little experience in sculpture, but I hope that such works will be interesting to you. Do you have any other ideas for for Pepe sculptures? How to order? Just write me a private message.

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Welcome to the real world.

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