Nope it’s not a spelling mistake, I do know how to spell propaganda, call it artistic license, as a matter of fact "popaganda" is actually Ron English’s favourite word for describing his own highly unique brand of post-Pop Art. Sometimes described as "agit-pop" Ron English’s work undermines corporate iconography in order to turn the tables on the establishment and distort the commercial ideology of major companies and their stranglehold over the world. Taking influence from all quarters, some of the most recognisable icons in his work include Marilyn Monroe, Mickey Mouse, and the heavy metal band KISS.

Formerly a billboard artist Ron English was used to working on a grand scale, his paintings originally enabling those very same corporate entities he now aims to subvert. From his teenage years he worked with film and photography, and this somewhat explains his mastery of lighting and blending in his paintings. To this day he will still create a model in order to examine directions of light and angles of perspective for what is usually a series of works dealing with one subject, executed in a variety of styles, sometimes mimicking artists such as Pablo Picasso, Van Gogh and Andy Warhol, and at other times in his own inimitable psychedelic-cartoon fashion.

One of his most memorable works is Marilyn with Mickeys featuring Mickey Mouse faces for breasts.

Pair of Pears

M.C. Supersize and the Cowgirl Posse

The Last Cartoon

Guernica Triptych

Hulkboy

 

Color Corrected

Ron English is one of the most powerful American contemporary social commentators of our time, to see more of his work, find out about his latest and past exhibitions, and related news visit Ron English’s site at www.popaganda.com.

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