Despite the relaxed attitude of the titular stoner, the Coen Brothers’ cult fave THE BIG LEBOWSKI has been shockingly motivational, prompting everything from an annual festival to a store dedicated to Dude-related merchandise.
So why not a series of Lebowski-themed paintings that were inspired by classical artists like Caravaggio, Titian and Jacques-Louis David? That’s what artist Joe Forkan has done with “The Lebowski Cycle”, currently on display in Orange County, CA.
“In the movie, they play it like it’s a drama,” Forkan tells the LA Times. “There’s no mugging for the camera. Everything has this level of seriousness. In [David’s] the ‘Oath of the Horatii’ they’re talking about the future of Rome. In the film they’re talking about a rug that got peed on, but they’re as serious about that as the characters in the painting were. I liked that level of drama in these images that were also loaded with humor.”
Check out more of Forkan’s LEBOWSKI work right HERE, man.