Who Says Video Games Can’t Be Art?

Last week we highlighted one way that video game systems are being used as a form of personal and political expression. This week we have an example of video games as art, and really good art at that. The i am 8-bit show recently opened in LA and it highlights some of the astonishingly creative work that artists are doing around the theme of video games, such as the DigDug inspired painting by L. Cheuh featured on the right. You might recognize some of your favorite characters in the portraits below, seen through an artistic lens. We particularly like the child running in fear from bob-omb and friends, since it reminds us of our own misspent childhoods. Mad props to Fort90 for taking these great pictures of the art on display.

If you like the work these artists are doing, why not leave a comment, or better yet, create a piece of your own and submit it. If we get enough submissions of game-related art we will post them here and make you famous.

Art by T. Tomkinson

Art by T. Han

Art by I. Pierro

Art by G. Swarr

Art by Bod Dob