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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Patrick Kingsley

The art of Rubik-cubism

Art with Rubik's cubes
Art collective Cubeworks recreated some iconic works of art using Rubik's cubes. Photograph: Josh Chalom josh@ailcanada.com

It's art, but with a twist. Cubeworks, a Toronto collective, has recreated more than 40 well-known artworks and celebrity portraits with Rubik's cubes. Artist Josh Chalom pixelates each image by hand, then employs 29 "cubers" to twist each cube (bulk-ordered plastic versions from China) into the right position. Their next job is a 255,000-cube rendering of the Sistine chapel.

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