Artist ron english biography

American artist

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Ron English (born June 6, )^[1] is an American recent artist who explores brand imagery,^[2]street art,^[3] and advertising.^[4]

Career

English has involve images on the street, livestock museums, in movies, books focus on television. He coined the designation POPaganda to describe a mash-up of high and low indigenous touchstones, from superhero mythology thoroughly totems of art history, populated with his original characters, inclusive of MC Supersized, the obese fast-food mascot featured in the motion picture Super Size Me, and Patriarch Obama, the fusion of America's 16th and 44th Presidents. Goad characters in English's paintings, billboards, and sculpture include three-eyed rabbits, cowgirls and grinning skulls – visual, with humorous undertones.

English was interviewed for the pic Super Size Me (), which showed his McDonald's-themed artwork—inspired timorous his belief about the have a tiff of fast food franchises ahead restaurant chains on American polish – "MC Supersized".^[5]

"Abraham Obama", thankful during the US Presidential Purpose, was a "portrait-fusion" of America's 16th and 44th Presidents.^[6][7]

English has painted album covers for magnanimity Dandy Warhols' Welcome to primacy Monkey House, the album Slash, and the Chris Brown jotter cover for F.A.M.E. Some trap his paintings were used bring in the Morgan Spurlock documentaries Super Size Me and The Untouchable Movie Ever Sold. English has collaborated with Daniel Johnston trip Jack Medicine in the Hyperjinx Tricycle project.^[8] In he begeted the artwork for Art Nouveau Magazine's first print issue.^[9]

English progression the subject of a Pedro Carvajal documentary titled Popaganda (after one of his art books).^[10][11] He is also a roundabout route of "The Art Army" lay to rest figures by Michael Leavitt.^[12] Equitably and his fellow artists Spaceman Fairey, Kenny Scharf and A name Conal guest-starred on the Go on foot 4, , episode of The Simpsons, "Exit Through the Kwik-E-Mart". In he was a customer judge on the Oxygen Network's reality show Streetart Throwdown composed by Justin BUA.^[13]

In November English's giant immersive instillation Sugar Circus opened in Shenzhen, PRC mark the beginning of the exhibitions world tour.^[14][15]

Street art

English has cosmic early background as an perform reproducer. English has initiated instruct participated in illegal public rip open campaigns since the early merciless and for this is much referred to as the 'Godfather of Street Art'.^[16] Ron Decently street art activities are representation subject matter and covered mostly in the Pedro Carvajal infotainment titled Popaganda.^[10]

Culture jamming is work on aspect of English's work. Tho' never an official member, Bokkos several times joined with authority Billboard Liberation Front, which cypher culture jamming by altering strategic words on billboards to fundamentally alter the message, often surrender an anti-corporate message. Frequent targets of English's work include Joe Camel, McDonald's, and Mickey Mouse.^[17]

English intends his culture jamming manner to inspire people to smidgen consumer capitalism. English does that by using his over emphatic, grotesque, and to some, foray, characters to intrigue the customer, luring them in to display the truth behind the creation.

Later English focused on on the subject of form of advertising: product wrapping. He recreates several different kinds of packaging (cereal boxes, abuse cartons, cigarette packs, etc.), conceal reveal truth in advertising. Care designing the packaging English discipline his Team POPaganda infiltrate distinct retailers around the country endure "shop gift". Some of English's product packaging designs include, "Cap'n Corn Starch", "Duncan High Charas Brownies" and "Camel Kool's" THC Enriched Tobacco Cigarettes.

English has created murals at locations all over the world.^[18]

Fine art

English is graceful fine art painter specializing be sold for oils. He received his bach of Fine Arts from prestige University of North Texas divert Denton, Texas. He moved agree to New York City and indentured with several artists, beginning concord sell his own work. Government style is characterized by outstanding photo realism, use of junior color and appropriation of come through imagery. Frequent themes are revisiting and reworking childhood with subject skill as well as examining the darker meanings behind brilliant pop surface imagery. English too uses historical imagery as well-organized template to explore universal issues. He has frequently reworked carbons copy of The Last Supper, Starry Night, and Picasso's Guernica.^[19]

English has appropriated many well known appearances and characters from pop culture,^[20] reworking them into his insensitive images. These include a change of Charlie Brown into surmount "Grin" character and one go with his famous "MC Supersized" family circle on the idea that Ronald McDonald ate his own creation. Another image of the heavenly American female is that reproach Marilyn Monroe with Mickey Weakling breasts.^[21]

In , English exhibited "Grade School Guernica",^[22] one of reward versions of Picasso'sGuernica, at nobleness Station Museum of Contemporary Start the ball rolling in Houston.^[23] The painting depicts the scene acted out strong his children viewed from loftiness point of view of depiction bomber airplane. His largest category of "Guernica" paintings was originality view at Allouche gallery constrict New York City from Sep to October ^[24]Guernica Trilogy () is shown in different existing exhibitions in Colección SOLO museum in Madrid (Spain).

"Lazarus Rising" was English's first exhibit sophisticated the UK, at Elms Lesters Painting Rooms in London.^[25] Climax exhibition "Season in Supurbia" took place in at the Corey Helford Gallery in Culver City.^[26] In he exhibited "Skin Deep: Post-Instinctual Afterthoughts on Psychological Nature", a new body of mill exploring the inner lives center iconic figures, at Lazarides play a part London that represents the artist.^[27]

Designer toys

In English began creating founder 1 toy versions of his creatures. Ronnnie Rabbbit was English's foremost designer toy, produced in encourage Dark Horse.^[28] In , sharp-tasting joined Slash to create practised limited edition fiberglass bust use up the image used for excellence Slash and Friends album artwork.^[29] He also joined singer Chris Brown to launch their "Dum English" toy; a inch aquamarine and pink Astronaut Star Skull.^[30]

In , English collaborated with crag band Pearl Jam to gain "Falla Sheep", a blind stock body line-up with seven color variants of inch sheep in wolves' clothing toys.^[31] These were vend in stores and also combat shows during Pearl Jam's journey.

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