These are Barack Obama and Abe Lincoln merge prints by Ron English. The new colorful installations were placed up in the streets of Boston for the Fourth of July and the opening of a new exhibit installment, a ‘politic’ show at Gallery XIV. Here’s a lil bio on Ron English from Gallery XIV and check out the pics after…
Ron English is a pop pervert and prankster impresario, tweaking any nose that wanders within his grasp. His images are fun house mirror reflections of our increasingly bizarre popular culture, complete with weirdo lighting and acts of perplexing oddity. Due to their improbably bright palettes, Ron’s paintings almost give off their own light source. One wonders if radioactive isotopes might be employed to achieve this effect (Plutonium Yellow seems to be a favorite), as no other artist around seems to be able to “outshine” his work in quite the same way.
English has also long used his work to comment upon American contemporary culture and its more egregious excesses and hypocrisies, all while delighting his audiences with his raucous, playful imagery. Most recently, Ron and his work appeared in the recent film Supersize Me, a film that skewers the fast food industry. -beinart.org
The works by Ron English, a prolific and contemporary art icon, can be seen worldwide – from museum and gallery walls to impromptu installations in the most unlikely of places.
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