Pop Art: All-American Style

POP Art - All American Style The amount of money and time we waste in this country is always under scrutiny. Ron English takes this controversy to new heights. His art screams modern pop culture. He will boldly display what most people are thinking. His billboards are filled with controversy and that is just the way he likes it. He makes no excuses for what he represents. English says that he is only speaking the truth and dispute is something he never shies away from. He attacks our everyday bombardment of capitalism through advertisements. He takes the original and changes it into his pop art. In his essay, Ways of Seeing, John Berger maintains that “History always constitutes the relation between a present and its past. Consequently fear of the present leads to mystification of the past” (11). The dictionary defines mystification as, “the activity of obscuring people's understanding, leaving them baffled or bewildered” (dictionary.com). English is my hero for doing exactly that. He leaves no questions as to what he is trying to convey in his art. He spreads his message in his artwork that he sells all over the world, sending the same meaning of corporate greed and unhealthy politics.
English also has other wonderful pieces of art that capture the innocent eyes of children. Their faces lure you in because they he draws with such detail that they appear life-like. The sweet little cherubs with their expression of love, need and want are also depicted with a camel cigarette puffing out of their mouths. This changes the whole image of the sugary little child looking at you with glossy eyes. His communication of how gluttonous our tobacco companies have become to keep up sales. They target our children. Everything that English exposes is truth. Even if someone does not agree with every topic he targets, one cannot deny how fearlessly he communicates with his audience. The colors for the pop art that English depicts for the MacDonald’s propaganda billboard are

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