Pop iconoclast Ron English paints, infiltrates, reinvents and satirizes modern culture and its mainstream visual iconography on canvas, in song, and directly onto hundreds of pirated billboards. 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. Link

Do you dare find out what’s happening behind the counters of your neighborhood fast-food joint? Then grab a bucket and dive into one of the creepiest graphic novels of the year! Supersized: Strange Tales from a Fast-Food Culture is an entertaining-and at times gut-wrenching-series of stories focusing on America’s ubiquitous and potentially destructive fast-food culture. A perfect companion to Super Size Me, the graphic novel will bridge the gaps between humor, fact, and heart, while peering behind the scenes of the fast-food world.

* Written by Morgan Spurlock with writer Jeremy Barlow and drawn by a variety of creators, Supersized: Strange Tales from a Fast-Food Culture is an original graphic-novel companion to the Academy Award-nominated movie and expands on some of the bizarre stories not featured in the original film.

* The creative brain trust behind The Simpsons chose Morgan Spurlock (Super Size Me, 30 Days, Where in the World Is Osama bin Laden?) to direct the Simpsons‘ twentieth- anniversary documentary.

American artist Ron English dedicates his time to making illegal billboard ads. With satirical and subversive imagery and sloganeering, English makes people stop and think about how products, personas and ideas are sold to the public. In this very funny presentation at the Semi-Permanent conference, he gives a history of how his art came to be part of the urban cultural landscape.

A trailer for the upcoming documentary film on designer vinyl toys entitled “The Vinyl Frontier”. This film features many of today’s top toy artists as well as collectors and toy producers alike.
A Film by Daniel Zana
music: Booka Shade
www.thevinylfrontiermovie.com

Made by Monsters & Ron English continues their collaborative efforts with the new series of “Grins” Vinyl figures. This time around featuring a 10″ tall Dinosaur with a massive T-Rex skull.

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Andy Warhol once said, ““I’d like my own tombstone to be blank. No epitaph, and no name. Well, actually, I’d like it to say ‘figment.’” Ron English, in collaboration with metal experts Fully Visual, is happy to oblige!
Figment, edition of 15 in Bronze and White Bronze, stands 7.5” tall and features an iconic Warholian wispy wigged skull atop a turtle-necked tombstone. Available now at FullyVisual.com.

The 100 Helmets of THE VADER PROJECT are ready for Auction!

Auction July 10, 2010, 12:00pm  Eastern Time
Freeman’s Auction House
Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania
www.freemansauction.com