Ron English has bombed the global landscape with unforgettable images, on the street, in museums, in movies, books, and television. English coined the term POPaganda to describe his signature mash-up of high and low cultural touchstones. From superhero mythology to totems of art history, his work is populated with a vast and constantly growing arsenal of original characters, such as MC Supersized, the obese fast-food mascot featured in the hit movie Supersize Me, and Abraham Obama, the fusion of America's 16th and 44th Presidents, an image widely discussed in the media as directly impacting the 2008 election. As America's premier pop iconoclast he's played himself on The Simpsons. He lives in Jersey City, New Jersey.
The brilliant guerilla artist notorious for replacing corporate billboards and advertisements with satirical and pointed attacks on consumer culture. New York Magazine One of the art world's most effective and visually candid critics of this or any troubled time. Juxtapoz Alatter-day American hero, a Robin Hood who does not so much steal from the rich as steal the rich's thunder by making their products seem wicked or idiotic. Guardian A latter-day American hero, a Robin Hood who does not so much steal from the rich as steal the rich's thunder by making their products seem wicked or idiotic. -- Guardian