Ron English Prints and Multiples
American, b. 1966
Ron English (b. 1959) is a pioneering American contemporary artist who explores the intersection of street art, brand imagery, superhero comics, art history, advertising, and politics. His cheeky interpretation of Pop Art comes alive in vibrant drawings, paintings, and murals. English’s imagery is found on the street, in museums, in movies, books, and television. His irreverent, imagined characters include MC Supersized, the obese fast-food mascot featured in Morgan Spurlock’s 2004 documentary Super Size Me, and Abraham Obama, a mischievous hybrid of the 16th and 44th U.S. presidents. Sociocultural commentary underscores his work, exemplified by his iteration of Ronald McDonald as a western culture “Buddha” gorging McDonald’s to expose the insatiable slothfulness of consumerism.
English transformed his early experience as an art reproducer to become a founding co-creator of illegal public art campaigns in the early 1980s. His controversial street art activities are the subject matter and explored extensively in POPaganda - The Art & Crimes of Ron English, a documentary directed by Pedro Carvajal. An acclaimed outlaw artist, English never became an official member, but he has participated with the Billboard Liberation Front, which practices culture jamming by altering billboards to change keywords and radically alter the message, often to make an anti-corporate statement. He frequently targets corporations and their mascots, including Joe Camel and Mickey Mouse. English seeks to inspire people to question consumer capitalism through his exaggerated, grotesque characters.
English is a masterful oil painter working in a photorealist style. After earning a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of North Texas in Denton, and an MFA from The University of Texas, English moved to New York City, where he apprenticed with several artists and started selling his own work. English reworks art historical imagery, such as depictions of Picasso’s Guernica, as a template to explore universal issues. English’s work is in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art, Paris, the Whitney Museum of Modern Art in New York, and the Paterson Museum in Paterson, New Jersey. He has exhibited at the Station Museum in Houston and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Washington DC. In November of 2021, English’s enormous immersive installation Sugar Circus opened an exhibition at The Nest in Q Plex in Nanshan District in Shenzhen, China. His work has been featured in solo and group shows around the world.(Biography provided by Chase Contemporary)
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Artist: Ron English
Rainbow Elvis II
By Ron English
Located in Miami, FL
TECHNICAL INFORMATION
Ron English
Rainbow Elvis II
2012
Monoprint Hand-painted Screenprint with Watercolor Dyes
37 1/2 x 17 in.
Unique
Pencil signed & numbered
Accompanied wi...
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2010s Street Art Ron English Prints and Multiples
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Screen
Combrat Boy
By Ron English
Located in Miami, FL
TECHNICAL INFORMATION
Ron English
Combrat Boy
2015
3D Lenticular archival inks on PETG Plastic
36 x 24 in.
Edition of 10
Signed and numbered on verso
Accompanied with COA by G...
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2010s Street Art Ron English Prints and Multiples
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Lenticular
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Ron English prints and multiples for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Ron English prints and multiples available for sale on 1stDibs. If you’re browsing the collection of prints and multiples to introduce a pop of color in a neutral corner of your living room or bedroom, you can find work that includes elements of red and other colors. You can also browse by medium to find art by Ron English in acrylic paint, archival pigment print, lenticular and more. Much of the original work by this artist or collective was created during the 21st century and contemporary and is mostly associated with the street art style. Not every interior allows for large Ron English prints and multiples, so small editions measuring 17 inches across are available. Customers who are interested in this artist might also find the work of Matt Gondek, RISK, and Clemens Briels. Ron English prints and multiples prices can differ depending upon medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $1,440 and tops out at $10,800, while the average work can sell for $6,075.