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When a fat orange cat appears on the most famous works of art

Find the intruder! It probably won't be difficult, given his size. Cat Zarathustra is the pet of the Russian artist Svetlana Petrova, who became famous on the Internet with a series of famous works of art, on which she inserted her orange cat with the help of Photoshop.

A fun series of over a hundred works of art Russian artist Svetlana Petrova has a more tragic beginning. In 2008, her mother, who left her, died Zarathustra – an orange spoiled cat who likes to pose and, according to the artist, is extremely intelligent. Svetlana Petrova was devastated by the death of her mother, and during the two years of her struggle with depression, she did not come up with a single creative idea. A friend once casually suggested that she make a series of artworks with her lucky cat, and the first photographs of Zarathustra in various positions and with amusing expressions were created. These are then with help Photoshop inserted into the images of the most famous classical works of various artists from Michelangelo to Dali and published them on the Internet. And completely forgot about them. Until she found out through an acquaintance that Zarathustra had made the rounds on the Internet and impressed both cat and art lovers.

Zarathustra quickly became a hit with internet users
Zarathustra quickly became a hit with internet users

The paintings of the Russian artist naturally also open up the question of art in today's time, as evidenced by the significant title of the exhibition of her works in Great Britain entitled "Russian Extremes – From Icons to I-Cats".

The original paintings of Svetlana Petrova with Zarathustra can be bought at a good price right here web, and let's see a selection of some in the gallery below.

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