Adam Lister's pixelated paintings of pop-culture icons

By on Tue, Jan 20, 2015 at 12:10 am

Beacon, New York-based artist Adam Lister goes backward and forward and backward again: He converts pop-culture icons – superheroes, cult films, TV stars and Old Master paintings – into blocky 8-bit images; but the pixelated images aren't machine-generated; each chunky square is delicately hand-painted in washy colors as far removed from prototypical "computer imagery" as possible. Visit Lister's site for many more, including fantastic renditions of Ron Burgundy, Karl Lagerfeld and Yoda.

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"Princess Leia and R2D2," Adam Lister
"Princess Leia and R2D2," Adam Lister
"Breaking Bad," Adam Lister
"Breaking Bad," Adam Lister
"The Simpsons," Adam Lister
"The Simpsons," Adam Lister
"Grady Twins," Adam Lister
"Grady Twins," Adam Lister
"Batman," Adam Lister
"Batman," Adam Lister
"Cloud City: Boba Fett," Adam Lister
"Cloud City: Boba Fett," Adam Lister
"Forrest Gump," Adam Lister
"Forrest Gump," Adam Lister
"Han and Chewie," Adam Lister
"Han and Chewie," Adam Lister
"Iron Man," Adam Lister
"Iron Man," Adam Lister
"Jaws," Adam Lister
"Jaws," Adam Lister

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