‘Skin Deep’ a solo show from Ron English is packed with stunning paintings of his trademark characters in his unique and meticulous style.

You really do need to see these works in the flesh to truly appreciate the work that has gone into each and every painting. The show runs from Friday 24th June through to July 23rd at Lazarides Rathbone Gallery.

All photos © Ian Cox

About the Artist

Ron English lives and works in Los Angeles. One of the most prolific and recognizable artists alive today, 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, populated with his vast and constantly growing arsenal of original characters, including MC Supersized, the obese fast-food mascot featured in the hit movie “Supersize Me,” and Abraham Obama, the fusion of Americas 16th and 44th Presidents, an image widely discussed in the media as directly impacting the 2008 election. Other characters carousing through English’s art, in paintings, billboards, and sculpture include three-eyed rabbits, udderly delicious cowgirls and grinning skulls, blending stunning visuals with the bitingly humorous undertones of Americas Premier Pop Iconoclast.

Words from Gallery Press Release

Painter, Pundit and Prankster Ron English presents Skin Deep, an exploration of the intersections, discrepancies and synchronicities of personal mythologies on display in our public personas. The exhibition presents multi-layered portraits of some of his most iconic characters, tracing the arc of their inner lives.

Often using his children as models, English chronicles the soul’s sojourn through Pop dioramas of fear and appetite, aspiration and rage. While paying homage to the great art before him, English maintains his very personal point of view, transforming the public to intimate and the universal to specific.

Using a mixture of imagery, medium and process referenced from great masters such as Warhol, Pollock and Picasso, combined with irreverent cherry-picking of populist totems from fast food to cartoons, English creates complex running narratives of his many alter-egos butting head first into the Grand Illusion, where unstated cultural norms are exposed and analysed.

Lazarides Rathbone,
11 Rathbone Place,
London,
W1T 1HR

More details on the gallery Press release

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