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Art vs. Artist
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About
Art vs. Artist, also known as #ArtVsArtist or #ArtvArtist, is a hashtag used online to showcase an artist's work as well as a selfie of the artist. The template for the meme features several boxed images with a photograph of the artist at the center.
Origin
While it is likely that the trend started on Instagram or Facebook, the earliest usage of the hashtag was post by Twitter [1] user @LaLadybugTV on May 8th, 2016 (shown below). The post features several pieces of work by the artist and a selfie at the center. They captioned the post, "#artvsartist Dieser Tag ist gerade voll im Trend auf Insta!" (translation: "#artvsartist This day is just full of the trend on Insta!") Within two years, the post received more than 85 likes.
![Dieser Tag ist gerade voll im Trend auf Insta! #artvsartist Dieser Tag ist gerade voll im Trend auf Insta! Translate from German](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/360/967/032.png)
Spread
Over the next month, the hashtag grew in popularity. On May 19th, Tumblr samijen[2] posted a version with the caption "wanted to do that artvartist meme (ノ◕ヮ◕)ノ*:・゚✧" The post (shown below, left) received more than 340 notes in the next two years. On May 21st, Youtube user Sr Pelo[6] posted a video claiming the hashtag should instead cover a bloody fight between the creator and its art. Over the next 2 years, the video (shown below, right) managed to gather over 1.3 million views.
![wanted to do that artvartist meme (ノ◕ヮ◕)ノ*:・゚✧](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/360/970/cfd.png)
In 2018, the meme was revived. On April 9th, 2018, Twitter user @monarobot tweeted,[3] "Yo! I'm Mona, a Mexican artist from Chiapas, I draw Maya monsters #artvsartist." The tweet (shown below, left) received more than 5,300 retweets and 19,000 likes in 24 hours. On April 10th, Twitter[4] user @AshlyLovett posted an entry with the caption "#artvsartist Yup. That’s my face. That’s my art. We’re all staring at you now. 😶" The post (shown below, right) received more than 245 retweets and 1,900 likes in 24 hours. That day, Twitter[5] published a Moments page cataloguing some of the most popular entries on the site.
![Yo! I'm Mona, a Mexican artist from Chiapas, I draw Maya monsters #artvsartist Yo! l'm Mona, a Mexican artist from Chiapas, I draw Maya monsters #artvsartist](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/360/969/f47.png)
![#artvsartist Yup. That’s my face. That’s my art. We’re all staring at you now. 😶 #artvsartist Yup. That's my face. That's my art. We're all staring at you now.](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/360/968/1a9.png)
Various Examples
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![I did the artvsartist meme going around twitter, I figured I’d post it here cause this is kinda sorta art related. <’:](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/360/978/6b6.png)
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Search Interest
External References
[1] Twitter – @LaLadybugTV's Tweet
[2] Tumblr – samijen's Post
[3] Twitter – @monarobot's Post
[4] Twitter – @AshlyLovett's Tweet
[5] Twitter – This hashtag removes the separation between art and artist
[6] Youtube – Sr Pelo's Video
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