{"id":376974,"date":"2026-04-05T23:31:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T23:31:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/376974\/"},"modified":"2026-04-05T23:31:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T23:31:07","slug":"artist-recreates-17th-century-baroque-masterpiece-on-kid-pix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/376974\/","title":{"rendered":"Artist Recreates 17th Century Baroque Masterpiece On Kid Pix"},"content":{"rendered":"

For folks of a certain generation, the introduction to the wider world of art, technology and digital entertainment came through the grade school computer lab. Edutainment and tool suites for children were the talk of the playground, but the god emperor of software was Kid Pix. To honor the influence of these introductory computers, and a rare female 17th century Baroque painter, artist Cat Graffam<\/a> reproduced Artemisia Gentileschi\u2019s 1620 work Jael and Sisera through Craig Hickman\u2019s Kid Pix Studio Deluxe from 1998.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis version of Kid Pix Studio is so nostalgic and important to me,\u201d says Graffam in the video<\/a>. \u201cIt was extremely formative for growing my love of technology.\u201d<\/p>\n

In their insightful and meditative series, Graffam undertakes the recreation of famous works through unlikely brushes. The grotesque horrors of Goya\u2019s Saturn discovered through Mario Paint<\/a>. Vermeer\u2019s tender Milkmaid on DSi homebrew<\/a>. Exhausting THQ\u2019s infamous uDraw peripheral<\/a> to its absolute limits for Edward Hopper\u2019s famed Nighthawks<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Reminiscing on the history of Gentileschi, the liberties taken by a 1978 restoration and the ever evolving relationship between technology and fine art, Graffam explains why Jael and Sisera is a singularly important work. With considerations to the literal torture Gentileschi endured following her own sexual assault<\/a>, the depth she gives the provocative violence rendered on canvas carries a timeless, righteous vindication.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe used this piece as a powerful catharsis from the violence she was a victim of, reclaiming what power she could through art,\u201d says Graffam. \u201cIt gives me chills.\u201d<\/p>\n

After five days and only 112 colors through an art suite best remembered for zany sound effects and broken, Graffam was able to render a rather stunning piece of digital, but anachronistic, art. Graffam displays discipline greater than my own. Not just for rigging decades old hardware for modern capture, or the painterly skills to accomplish such loving tributes, but for not immediately clicking Kid Pix\u2019s explosion eraser to watch the whole masterpiece go up in cartoon ripples.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"For folks of a certain generation, the introduction to the wider world of art, technology and digital entertainment…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":376975,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[437,434,435,436,438,146,85,46],"class_list":{"0":"post-376974","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts-and-design","8":"tag-arts","9":"tag-arts-and-design","10":"tag-artsanddesign","11":"tag-artsdesign","12":"tag-design","13":"tag-entertainment","14":"tag-il","15":"tag-israel"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376974","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=376974"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376974\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/376975"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=376974"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=376974"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=376974"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}