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
Ron English speaks at Semi-Permanent Festival, Australia. April 4 in Sydney, April 8 in Brisbane www.semipermanent.com
Rock Paper Scissor Robert Berman Gallery Los Angeles February 28
featuring Raymond Pettibon, Daniel Johnston, Ron English, Thurston Moore, Kim Gordon, Lee Ranaldo & Gibby Haynes
Curated by Jon Cournoyer
ROBERT BERMAN GALLERY February 28 - March 21, 2009
Opening Reception: Saturday, February 28th, 7-10pm with DJ Shepard Fairey
RSVP to rsvp@robertbermangallery.com
Rock, Paper, Scissors; Robert Berman Gallery, LA February 28, 2009
Abraham Obama Film Screening SF IndieFest 2009 - Roxie Cinema
JetSet Graffiti Productions is proud to announce the debut of our first feature length documentary at this year’s San Francisco Independent Film Festival!
“Abraham Obama” is a humorous and provocative look at an unprecedented political art movement. Read more
Ron English at Dr Sketchy's. Feb 14 The Slipper Room, NYC
Lecture, MIT February 8, 2009
Abraham Obama release, Toy Tokyo, NYC January 24, 2009
Grin Toy Release and Signing, Hong Kong, January 13, 2009
Ron English X Mindstyle: Abraham Obama Bust release Hong Kong Jan 9, 2009
Upper Playground, San Francisco January 8, 2009
Art Basel Miami: december 3--7, 2008
Harold Golan Gallery presents "Kaiju Monster Invasion"
Art Center on Lincoln Road; Opening Dec 03, 8--10 pm
Artist signing, Dec 5, 8-10 pm
Art Basel Miami: december 3--7, 2008
Scion Installation: "Self-Portraits"
Raleigh Hotel Penthouse; Dec 5, 7:00 pm
Art Basel Miami: december 3--7, 2008
Shooting Gallery at Aqua Fair: Dec 4 -- 7
Art Basel Miami: december 3--7, 2008
Live Street Painting Dec 3 -- 7, Sponsored by Primary Flight/Logan Hicks
“The Secret History of the Kiss” opening - November 1, 2008 - 7-11pm
The Shooting Gallery San Francisco, CA
“Abraham Obama” reception - October 2, 2008 - 6-9pm
Opera Gallery NYC 115 Spring St
New York, NY 10012
(212) 966-6675
Jersey City Art Tour
CanCo Lofts, Kick-Off Event/ Artist Signing Oct 3, 2008 - 6-9pm 50 Dey St
Jersey City, NJ 07306 (201) 876-8686
Ron English in Dark Pop at Last Rites Gallery, NYC
Art Show at Last Rites Gallery, 511 W. 33rd Street, New York, NY 212.529.0666 Opening September 6. Shows runs through Oct 11, 2008.
Ron English in BLAB Show at Copro Nason Gallery, Los Angeles
Opening September 6, 2008
Ron English at Today Art Museum, Beijing, China
“Sport in Art,” jointly organized by Adidas and Opera Gallery, commemorates this year’s Olympics in China. The exhibition runs through August 26, 2008 before landing in Hong Kong for an auction to be executed by Sotheby’s.
Abraham Obama Mural West Coast Tour
Los Angeles, August 16, 2008 1321 West Sunset Blvd
San Francisco, August 18—19, 2008 111 Minna
Denver, August 21—22, 2008 Andenken Gallery
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.
Ron English at Comic-Con San Diego, July 25 – 27, 2008 Signing schedule:
Friday, 7/25:
2:00 – 3:00 : Last Gasp Booth
4:00 – 5:30: Toy Tokyo Booth
Saturday, 7/26/2008
3:00 – 4:00: Toy Tokyo Booth
Ron English at "Pop Surrealism - Crime on Canvas"
Ron English at "Pop Surrealism - Crime on Canvas" Las Vegas, July 18 - 19, 2008 Click here for more...
The Hustle Exhibition
May 22, 2008
The Powerhouse Arena
37 Main St
Brooklyn, NY
Ron English’s Bunnny Rabbbit Toy Signing Event
Announcing the release of Ron English’s “Bunnny Rabbbit” and signing event at the brand new Kidrobot New York store.
Thursday, March 27 at 6:30pm
840 Broadway at 13th St, New York City
FURORE
March 16, 2008
Dorothy Circus Gallery
Via Nuoro 17, Rome, Italy
Scion Installation Event
March 7, 2008
F.U.E.L. Collection
249 Arch St.
Philadelphia, PA
Art Expo Hall of Fame
March 1, 2008
Art Expo Hall of Fame
Javits Convention Center, NYC
Sundance at The Shooting Gallery
January 19th – February 16th, 2008
The Shooting Gallery and Mary Jane’s on Main St. present the third annual Sundance Film Festival Art Show in Park City, Utah. Opening reception Saturday, January 19th. The show runs through February 16th.
BIG PICTURE POP
Opera Gallery presents:
An exhibition of new work by Ron English
Nov 29th – Dec 29th, 2007 Click here to view new works for the show at Opera Gallery.
Shooting Gallery presents: The Red Dot Fair at the South Seas Hotel, South Beach, Miami December 6 - 9, 2007 1751 Collins Avenue (between 17th and 18th Streets), Miami view images
Lineage Gallery presents: F.A.M.E. Collective Opening reception Tuesday December 4,2007 with events every evening through Saturday night, December 8, 2007 2228 Park Ave, Miami Beach view images
Harold Golen Gallery presents: Subjective Reality Opening December 7,2007 2921 NW Sixth Avenue in the Wynwood Art District Miami view images
Ron exhibits his custom designed Scion Art Car December 7th, 2007 the Raleigh Hotel penthouse, 1775 Collins Ave, Miami - Public showing 4:00-7:00 pm.
THE SHOWROOM presents ENGLISH X-MAS
117 Second Avenue at East 7th Street NYC
Friday Nov. 30 2007
6 to 10 PM
(the day after the OPERA GALLERY OPENING)
Ron Will be signing new books and toys
New Bearbrick | New Ronald Colorway
MC Xmas | Son of Pop book
Son of Superhero print portfolio
Dissect Print ed. | Cowgirl canvas pin-up
And 10 new poster designs
October 16th, 7:45 pm
Abraham Obama release, Toy Tokyo, NYC January 24, 2009
May 22, 2008
May 2, 2008
April 25, 2008
March 16, 2008
March 7, 2008
March 1, 2008
January 19th – February 16th, 2008
Shooting Gallery presents:
Lineage Gallery presents:
Ron exhibits his custom designed Scion Art Car December 7th, 2007
Ron English/Van Arno
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