Ron English is an American contemporary artist who explores brand imagery and advertising. He is known for his use of colour and comic book collage. rough his work the artist sends the viewer a subliminal message which shows the darker side of contemporary society.
One of the most prolific and
recognizable artists alive today, Ron
English has bombed the urban landscape
with images, on the street, in museums, in movies, books and television.English
coined the term POPaganda to describe his signature mash-up of high and low
cultural touchstones, from superhero mythology to totems of art history,
populated with his vast and constantly growing arsenal of original characters,
including MC Supersized, the obese fast-food mascot featured in the hit movie “Supersize
Me,” and Abraham Obama, the fusion of America’s 16th
and 44th Presidents, an image widely
discussed in the media as directly impacting the 2008 election. Other
characters carousing through English’s art, in paintings, billboards, and
sculpture include three-eyed rabbits, udderly delicious cowgirls and grinning skulls,
blending stunning visuals with the bitingly humorous undertones of America’s
Premier PopIconoclast.
Thoughts...
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Ron English is an artist which is highly inspired by
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Pop Art and pop art symbols which can be seen in
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his work
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The artist intentions are to educate people and
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create awareness against the corporate brainwashing
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which is portraying the way we live today
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through media.
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Another aspect which Ron English’s Art that interested
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me is His style which is highly influenced by
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comic and cartoonish elements which are combine in a surrealistic manner
Ron English was one of the firt to incorporate element of
contemporary street art with elements of graphic design, mainly in the
corporate word. His work philosophy is similar to pop at ideologies as his work
is manifested against social ideology through commercial art.
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