Artist Brings 'Abraham Obama' to Seoul By Cathy Rose A. Garcia, Staff Reporter
Oct 16, 2009
American artist Ron English may not be a household name here but you might remember the memorable mash-up of U.S. Presidents Abraham Lincoln and Barack Obama's faces called ``Rainbow Abraham Obama.''
English visited Seoul earlier this week to attend the opening of ``Bright Society,'' a joint exhibition with Korean artist Park Young-gyun at Opera Gallery Seoul, Cheongdam-dong.
The 50-year-old artist looked tired from his flight the previous day when he met with The Korea Times at the gallery, Monday. He admitted he was still functioning on New York time which then was around 2 a.m., but gamely talked about the guerilla street art and ``Popaganda'' studio art he became famous for.
``Popaganda'' is the term he coined for his ..... read more
Apocalypse Wow! Museum of Contemporary Art, Rome
November 7, 2009
MACRO Future – Museo d’Arte Contemporanea di Roma
Piazza Orazio Giustiniani 4, 00153 Roma
Ron English in Seoul
"Bright Lights" Opera Gallery Seoul, South Korea
October 12, 6:30 pm
NYC movie premiere "Abraham Obama"
October 16th, 7:45 pm
The Anthology Film Archive
32 Second Ave (at Second St)
The screening is part of the fifth annual Royal Flush Festival, and both Director Kevin Chapados and Ron English will be in attendance for Q&A immediately following the film. Advance tickets are available here.
We look forward to seeing you all there!
Sept 29, 2009 - Ron English takes graffiti to new heights this morning by skywriting the word CLOUD five times across lower Manhattan. The text soon dissipates into… actual clouds.
Back to Fun! Return of the Legendary Fun Gallery
September 4, 2009
Melt Gallery, 7522 Sunset Blvd, LA
Ron English at Comic Con 2009 July 23 through 25
Signing Schedule
Friday: Noon – 1:00 pm, Last Gasp Booth
3:30 – 4:30, Toy Tokyo Booth
6:00 – 7:00 Pop Perversity Panel, with Isabel Samaras and R. Sikoryak, room 32AB
7:00 pm on, Planet Illogica Launch Party, Wonderhaus Space
Saturday: 11:00 – 12:30, MINDstyle Booth
3:00 – 5:00, Toy Tokyo Booth
7:00, Vinyl Frontier Movie Screening, Five and a Dime
POP Perversity at Comic Con - Friday July 24, 2009
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October 16th, 7:45 pm
