Cool Collector # Art Files

The images above are from the new exhibition from Ron English, one of the most recognizable pop artist at the moment. The exhibition entitled ‘Status Factory’shows a surreal assemblage of over 100 artworks. This highly interactive exhibition traces the arc of English’s most ambitious themes across mediums.

English has bombed the global landscape with unforgettable images, on the street, in museums, in movies, books, television, and album covers. 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.

English exists spiritually somewhere between a cartoon Abbie Hoffman and a grown-up, real-life Bart Simpson, delivering a steady stream of customized imagery laden with strong sociopolitical undertones, adolescent boy humor, subversive media savvy, and Dali-meets-Disney technique.

Dedicated to finding the sublime in the everyday and breaking the momentum of the didactic approach to art and life, English offers up an alternative universe where nothing is sacred, everything is subverted, and there is always room for a little good-natured fun.

I really would love to see this exhibition, unfortunately this exhibition takes place in the Frank M. Doyle Arts Pavilion in California. I really hope this exhibition will come to Europe soon!

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