gallery hot celebrities SEOUL, Korea ¶ Oct 17, 2011 (Whowired) -- \"Parody\" works of Vincent Van Gogh\'s paintings, among the world\'s most famous works of arts, are being used as a creative arts experience program in Korea to make more fun and productive \'edutainment\' (education and entertainment) tool for the spectators -- mostly for students -- drawing a growing popularity across the nation. Gwacheon City in Gyeonggi-do Province, Korea, has been hosting \"World\'s Celebrated Paintings Parody Art Together with Van Gogh\" exhibition -- a convergence of parody and famous works of arts -- since October 11 and this new experiment is becoming a talk of the town beyond Seoul and Gyeonggi Province areas. This huge success is attributable to its well-organized planning to ride on trendy factors to be \"hot\" these days: hands-on experience, communication and nostalgia. At the exhibition, a visitor can be just like a \"celebrity\" as if he/she starred a main character in the famous paintings (experience) thanks to various stage props available such as costumes, shooting props, and lighting equipment. Thereby a spectator could gain another insight from the perspective of the painter (communication). Besides, a photo zone -- serving as a photo studio -- delivers another pleasure to be into nostalgia to the visitors (nostalgia marketing) at the gallery. [Related] A Unique Way of Appreciating World Famous Masterpieces by Van Gog (Whowired, Sep 22) By Sam Kim (press@whowired) whowired/56745\" whowired/56745
