Nerd Alert: Our favorites from "8 Bit & Beyond"

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Nerd Alert: Our favorites from "8 Bit & Beyond"

POSTED: Thursday, August 6, 2009, 6:43 PM

In this week's Agenda section, Kristen Humbert clued you in on the exhibit "8 Bit & Beyond":

Curated by local illustrators' collective The Autumn Society, the show features more than 50 pieces inspired by early video games. Joseph Game, one of the Society's founders, created wood-mounted paintings that showcase prominent video game characters, like Link in Zelda: A Link to the Past (pictured). Similarly, Pat Kinsella's digital works cleverly depict Mario's day job ' fixing bathroom sinks. And Tim Durning illustrated a parody of N.C. Wyeth's The Giant, placing one of the Colossi from Shadow of the Colossus in the clouds.

To see images from the exhibit before you dedicate yourself to a night away from World of Warcraft, check out our online gallery here. While there's tons of great work all around, we have to say, the acrylic painting below by Anthony Pedro is definitely of our favorite. 'Cause you're all like, what is that? This has nothing to do with video games. It just looks like a quaint little painting that'd be hanging on my mom's wall '

Anthony Pedro

OH SHIT! It's about DUCK HUNT! Oh man, the days '

Opening reception Fri,. Aug. 7, 6-10 p.m., free, through Aug. 31, Brave New Worlds, 45 N. Second St., 215-925-6525, bravenewworldscomics.com.

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