Federico Babina’s Imaginative City of Famous Artists

Roy Lichtenstein - Archist - Illustration by Federico Babina

What if some of the world’s most iconic painters, sculptors, and other artists had been architects instead? Federico Babina imagines this possibility by creating a city’s worth of buildings mimicking the style of famous artists.

Archist City - Archist - Illustration by Federico Babina

Archist City

 

Archist has illustrations of buildings inspired by Andy Warhol, Keith Haring, Piet Mondrian, Salvador Dalí, Roy Lichtenstein, and many more. There are 27 artists featured in total, plus an image which shows the entire Archist City. Most of them seem to be modern or contemporary artists.

Each image has the house or building centred on a textured background, with the famous artist’s name above and the name of the series Archist below. Each piece is reflective of the original artist’s style, but some elements (like the people) tie the series together visually. Babina himself is both an architect and an illustrator, and also has a number of other series that explore this intersection of the two fields.

I think the concept is great and really well executed. While I do count several of the artists featured among my personal favourites — like Lichtenstein — there are also a few more artists from the 20th century who would be appropriate and I would have liked to see added for more diversity.

Piet Mondrian - Archist - Illustration by Federico Babina

Piet Mondrian

 

Salvador Dalí - Archist - Illustration by Federico Babina

Salvador Dalí

 

Roy Lichtenstein - Archist - Illustration by Federico Babina

Roy Lichtenstein

 

Pablo Picasso - Archist - Illustration by Federico Babina

Pablo Picasso

 

Damien Hirst - Archist - Illustration by Federico Babina

Damien Hirst

 

Keith Haring - Archist - Illustration by Federico Babina

Keith Haring

 

Andy Warhol - Archist - Illustration by Federico Babina

Andy Warhol

 

Mark Rothko - Archist - Illustration by Federico Babina

Mark Rothko

 

Joan Miró - Archist - Illustration by Federico Babina

Joan Miró

 

Anish Kapoor - Archist - Illustration by Federico Babina

Anish Kapoor

 

Frank Stella - Archist - Illustration by Federico Babina

Frank Stella

 

Gerhard Richter - Archist - Illustration by Federico Babina

Gerhard Richter

 

Tom is a writer, artist, and multi-media guru from Pennsylvania, U.S. He holds a Master's in Journalism and Mass Communication, but he has also taken several university-level courses in fine arts, art appreciation, graphic design, printmaking, and Asian art. He has been blogging for Monde Mosaic since February 2014.

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