Click through our photo gallery to see the best reactions to poor St. George’s grievous restoration gone wrong. (Photo: Release)
We did. We learned how to turn it into a meme quicker. (Photo: Twitter)
An original Cecilia Giménez. (Photo: Twitter)
Picasso has nothing on these amateur Spanish artists. (Photo: Twitter)
These aspiring are the epitome of optimism. (Photo: Twitter)
Don’t be such a snob, original St. George! (Photo: Twitter)
Stop being so macho and embrace St. George’s femininity. (Photo: Twitter)
Like if it had been taken straight out from Disney’s Sleeping Beauty. (Photo: Twitter)
Well—that’d explain a lot! (Photo: Twitter)
And not in a good way. (Photo: Twitter)
Rules are meant to be broke, and historic pieces of art are meant to be poorly restored. (Photo: Twitter)
Behold and optimistic. (Photo: Twitter)
Keep the poorly restored art pieced rolling, Spain. (Photo: Twitter)
Oh, dear. Did we learn nothing from Ecce Homo?
Spain has done it again. A local handicrafts teacher in a little town in Navarra completed this rather, er, interesting “restoration” of a 500-year-old painted wooden statue of St. George. Apparently, the parish authorities of the Church of St. Michael requested the teacher to do the work.
But you know what they say: hell is paved with good intentions. And despite the church’s good-hearted desire to freshen up the 16-th century sculpture, the now pinked face, bright colored armor warrior is the Internet’s new favorite meme.
Some have labeled the handicrafts teacher’s work as an amateur facelift. Others compared it to the infamous Ecce Homo 2012 fiasco. And many are just having a blast with this hilarious restoration gone-wrong.
Click through our photo gallery above to see the best reactions to poor St. George’s grievous makeover.
