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July 7th, 2010
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SMOKEBRUSH GALLERY OPENING - APRIL 2nd, 2010
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May 21st, 2010Ron English @ “Art from the New World” May 1st – August 22nd, 2010
April 23rd, 2010
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The Secrets of the Electric Illuminati – April 2nd, 2010
April 9th, 2010
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New Prints Preview at Smokebrush Gallery, Colorado Springs
April 1st, 2010
Secrets of the Electric illuminati – A week with Ron English and The Electric Illuminati in Colorado Springs
March 29th, 2010
April 2nd
Smokebrush Gallery
Art Opening
5-8pm
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April 3rd
Stargazers Theater
Doors Open-3:00pm
4:00pm – Abraham Obama Screening /Q & A
5:30pm – The New Depressionists perform
6:30 -7:30pm – The Electric Illuminati video shoot/performance
7:30pm – Abraham Obama book signing
Tickets $12 (coupon in Indy $5 off)
Jonathan LeVine Gallery Five Year Anniversary Group Exhibition
February 23rd, 2010
Scheduled to open coming Sautrday on the 27th of February will be Jonathan LeVine Gallery’s Five year anniversary group exhibition. Featuring many of our favorite artists the likes of Blek le Rat, AJ Fosik, Mark Dean Veca, Ron English, WK amongst many others. Over the past five years, Johnathan LeVine Gallery has had a strong emphasis on a street influenced genre of art, and has played an integral role in helping many emerging artists by providing them with an environment where they can further develop their work. Their DIY approach has really allowed many of the exhibiting artists, free reign for their creative expression in the gallery space, encouraging artistic exploration. Congratulations to the Johnathan LeVine Gallery! Stay Tuned for more info and coverage of this show. via SLAMXHYPE
Jonathan LeVine Gallery 5th Anniversary Exhibition
February 27th, 2010
529 West 20th Street, 9th Floor
New York, NYArt is plain ‘English’ By Justin Rocket Silverman
February 3rd, 2010
Michael Plunkett/Patrick McMullan
MC Supersized joins his creator, artist Ron English, at the Opera Gallery in SoHo last night.
Characters emerging from surrealist paintings to confront the artist who created them? Sounds like the plot of a classic Twilight Zone episode. At least it did until a limo pulled up in front of the Opera Gallery in SoHo last night and disgorged four bodypainted “cowgirls” to storm the art opening inside.
The cowgirls, a sexy half human, half bovine creation of pop artist Ron English, came in with (toy) guns drawn and blazing. English created them for paintings like his “Bovine Growth Hormone Babe,” a criticism of the bovine growth hormone (rBGH) used in dairy cows.
Such cultural subversion is part of English’s signature style. For more than two decades he has been painting canvas and billboard alike with jabs at everything from religion to politics to fast food to cigarettes that are as colorful as they are controversial.
“My art allows me to explore dark impulses and be bad without feeling guilty about it the next day,” says English. “Plus it’s more fun than having a real job.”
Also on hand last night was MC Supersized, an obscenely large version of Ronald McDonald. The costume was so heavy that the actor wearing it needed to keep an electric fan in the headpiece to prevent him from overheating.
The Ron English (popaganda.com) show at the Opera Gallery (operagallery.com) opens to the public today and runs for one month.
Although the crowd yesterday was delighted by the unexpected cowgirl invasion, the heifers themselves may have been permanently scarred. After five hours being body painted by the expert hand of Danielle Fonseca at Body Of Art, the girls spent another two scrubbing the cow off their skin.
“I may never drink milk again!” declared cowgirl actress Kiki Valentine. “But to embody this character and become a living part of Ron’s incredible, culture-jamming mix of paintings and sculpture was worth every minute.”
