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Interview with Korea Times
Link: http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/art/2009/10/148_53665.html
"Artist Brings 'Abraham Obama' to Seoul" - By Cathy Rose A. Garcia, Staff Reporter
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
Article Archive - Published Nov 2009 and Prior
New York POST -- Nov 2009 -- "Art is plain 'English'" -- by Justin Rocket Silverman
12oz Prophet Nov 2009 - "Ron English Opens at Opera" by Martha Cooper
Triple J TV Video Interview - April 2009 "Culture Jamming - Ron English's first Australian visit"
Tonic.com - March 2009 "English As a Subversive Language" - By David Jenison
Liberation - Nov 2008 Ron English's Abraham Obama in "Liberation" one of the most read newspapers in France
Everything Abraham Obama — Ron English in Video, Print, TV, Blogs - Nov 2008
Boston Globe - July 2008 "Street artist inspires too much enthusiasm - Fans' unauthorized ad blitz draws fire by John C. Drake
The Jersey Journal - Nov 2007 "Pop artist gives an 'English' lesson" By Jeff Theodore | Journal Arts Editor
Swindle Magazine - Nov 2007 "Sons of POP" by Ron English
Lifelounge - Nov 2007 "Ron English, Art Terrorist" by Chris Mitchell
Re/Search Publications: Pranks 2! - 2007 Interview with Ron English
Pages Books & Magazines, Toronto - June 2007 “This Is Not A Reading Series and Vagrant Films present Agit–pop artist Ron English!”
LoDown Magazine - Feb 2007 “Ron English: o.p. Original Prankster”
McGill TV Interview Video - “Pop Montreal: Ron English” - Rae Cohen interviews Ron English
Comic-Con 2007 - July 2007 "Holy Cow! Stunning New Image Technology Debuts at Comic-Con 2007"
Inside/Oustide Video on YouTube - March 2007 DVD release "Film Trailer" with clip of Ron from the movie
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Everything Abraham Obama — Ron English in Video, Print, TV, Blogs
Ron English is a New-York based Pop-Artist. He is most famous for his street art, where he subverts existing billboard advertisements by using his own artwork in place of the existing legitimate billboards. He is in the middle of his nationwide tour making murals of “Abraham Obama”, a portrait of Abraham Lincoln fused with presidential hopeful Barack Obama. The tour travels to Boston, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle and ends in Denver at the Democratic National Convention
The “Abraham Obama” Campaign Tour has received international attention, including the following news, and countless blogs reporting on the event:
Video
JetSet Graffiti website:
www.jetsetgraffiti.com</a>
The Wall Street Journal "Picturing Obama"
online.wsj.com/article/SB121625710569060513.html
USA Today
www.usatoday.com</a>
The Boston Globe "Street artist inspires too much enthusiasm"
www.boston.com/ae/theater_arts/articles/2008/07/08/street_artist_inspires_too_much_enthusiasm</a>
Television
Channel 7 News "Political mural turning heads in South End"
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