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Meet James Kerr, better known as Scorpion Dagger @scorpiondagger, a Canadian artist who has spent more than a decade turning art history into something unexpectedly alive.
Since 2012, James has been raiding the archives of Northern Renaissance painting, cutting figures from centuries-old works and setting them loose inside looping digital animations.
A monk rides a skateboard. A saint gets stuck in an endless cycle of distraction. A nobleman drifts through a joke that somehow becomes a reflection on modern life. The GIF, in Kerr's hands, becomes both punchline and philosophy.
Delve into this thread to find out more about Scorpion Dagger's unique art world.
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