Cap'n Cornstarch | Ron English

Cap'n Cornstarch - Second installment to the Cereal Killers Series by Ron English.

Now in stock at Secret Fresh!

Cap'n Cornstarch

Cap'n Cornstarch with Fat Tony

 Packaging

Other characters to watch out for!

Apocalypse 3-inch Dunny Series

Here comes Apocalypse! Not the "End Of Days" but the Apocalypse 3-inch Dunny Series.

Dunny celebrates the end of the world with a group of artists so badass, you’ll wish every year prophesized mass destruction. Angels of death, soapbox protestors, Mayan feathered serpents, toxic meltdowns – so many versions of Doomsday, how do you choose just one way to go?

The Apocalypse Dunny Series features 15 Judgment Day designs by 12 masters of their craft – from fine artists and illustrators, customizers and toy titans – this series is cataclysmic. The collection includes designs by Jon Paul Kaiser, Mishka, Jermaine Rogers, Jesse Hernandez, Sam Fout, Joe Ledbetter, Ron English, Huck Gee, Patricio Oliver, Chris Ryniak, Hydro74, and Kronk.

An ode to the era when people still walked on Earth, you should line them up with the rations under your garage, because even canned sardines need friends. The end begins November 8 at Kidrobot stores, kidrobot.com, and select retailers. Each doomy Dunny retails for $9.95 US (£7.90 UK, €9.20 EU). via KR

Fat Tony | Ron English

I bought this at Secret Fresh as a birthday gift to myself.

Ron English' "Fat Tony" is part of Popaganda’s quick-strike guerilla campaign decrying the high sugar content in children’s cereals.

PRODUCT-PRESS: 'Introducing Fat Tony: A Ton of Tiger with a Short Shelf Life - The 100% Nutrition-Free Vinyl Toy - Sugary cereals captured the hearts of Young America by giving away cheap toys made in China in every box. This prize at the bottom of the box actually ate the cereal. A delicious shortcut to attention deficit disorder! Fatten up Your Vinyl Art Collection!'

 The vinyl figure must be displayed with the box to get the maximum Popaganda effect! ;)

Fat Ass Tony!

 Faker!

 love the packaging

American Depress | Ron English x Kidrobot Black

Ron English for the 6th limited vinyl toy from Kidrobot Black.

The 12" American Depress toy features a bloated Mickey Mouse crucified in a credit card/mouse trap.

Edition of 200 at $400 each.

"Pop iconoclast Ron English presents the ultimate black vinyl fetish item – American Depress. A three dimensional depiction of America's Bloated Billionaire Mouse Messiah is crucified upon the mousetrap status symbol of American capitalism: the Black Card.

Ron English reinvents imagery from modern popular culture, manipulating visual symbols to create complex, humorous, and insightful meanings. For American Depress, the urban pop prankster has focused on a beloved character happily entrapped by the consumerism that has made him. The over-stuffed mouse is splayed on a 12-inch tall sheet of black ABS, embellished with gold printing. The card numbers reference the beginning of the royal rodent’s reign, and, a very short time after, the darkest hour in the history of the American economy. From there both iconic rodent and consumer grow to obesity until the card’s expiration date - the day of the foretold apocalypse. Fitted with an indent on the back, this modern relic is built to be hung over all we devour. 

Typical of the culture this mash-up of feigned innocence and greed represents, American Depress is available for purchase at the right price and limited to the persistent and the lucky. Each of the 200 pieces in this edition is hand numbered, with the artist’s signature engraved on the back."

 Ron's artwork for a trapped Mickey Mouse

“Figment” Andy Warhol Sculptures | Ron English

"I'd like my own tombstone to be blank. No epitaph and no name. Well, actually, I'd like it to say 'figment.'" - Andy Warhol

Ron English Collaborated with Fully Visual on the new Figment sculpture 

Available in Bronze and White Bronze - The Sculpture features Andy Warhol’s skeletal head complete with iconic wispy wig atop a turtle-necked casket. Standing 7.5” tall, each edition is limited to 15 pieces and is available now from Fully Visual!

Via Juxtapoz.

Last Gasp 40th Anniversary Art Show

The Last Gasp celebrated their 40th Anniversary with an Art Show at 111 Minna Gallery.

Last Gasp has published hundreds of artists in the underground comix and kustom kulture, to pop surrealism and street art movements.

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Artists in the show:
Gary Baseman, Tim Biskup Glenn Barr, Robert Crumb, Richard Corben, Guy Colwell, Ron English, Tony Fitzpatrick, Christopher Felver, Camille Rose Garcia, Justin Green, Bill Griffith, Rick Griffin, Ed Hardy, Frank Kozik, Joe Ledbetter, Carol Lay, Adrian Lee, Michael Manning, Chris Mars, Scott Musgrove, Junko Mizuno, Liz McGrath, Laurenn McCubbin, Mitch O’Connell, Annie Owens, The Pizz, Mark Ryden, Michael Rosen, Trina Robbins, Spain Rodriguez, Dori Seda, Winston Smith, Eric White, Robert Williams, Attaboy, Aye Jay, and many more.

Some works featured during the show

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Last Gasp Art Opening