Never one to shy away from political and social commentary with his art work, Ron English is back at it with “America’s Back!”. Here we see the United States President, Barrack Obama, as an angry Hulk sculpture with bulging muscles, tattered pants and a menacing scowl.

See the full image after the jump.

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We take a first look at the upcoming Ron English ‘Fat Tony’ vinyl toy. After popping up in a “quick-strike guerilla campaign decrying the high sugar content in children’s cereal, Ron English’s ‘Fat Tony’ is about to make his way from the parody cereal box to the art toy shelf.”

First Fat Tony will come in the above OG edition, limited to 500 pieces with smaller editions to follow soon after. We will of course keep you posted. (Via Vinylpulse)

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Artist Ron English teamed up with General Idea to produce the ‘Cathy Cowgirl’ music video. Produced for Ron’s music collective The Electric Illuminati, one of his main characters is the star of the video.

“In November of 2011, artist, prankster and “popaganda” pioneer, Ron English, approached us with the idea of collaborating on a music video based on his character, Cathy Cowgirl. We humbly accepted the challenge.

We based the visuals on the song, “Cathy Cowgirl” by Ron’s music collective, The Electric Illuminati. Over the course of 2 crazy fun days, we filmed Ron’s miniature sets and countless characters in his workshop in Beacon NY. Characters to be animated, were digitally modeled in 3d, footage was treated and cleaned up and after a whirlwind post-production schedule of just 3 weeks, the picture was finished.”

Check out the video here below.

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Juxtapoz took a moment to check out the Scope Art Fair down in Miami and here is a little look at what was seen. The show features booths from some popular galleries such as White Walls, Corey Helford Gallery, New Image Art, Jonathan LeVine Gallery and others. Works from Retna, D*Face, Curtis Kulig, Ron English, Os Gemeos, and many more are on display.

Take a gander after the click.

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Based on the album cover art, that artist Ron English has created for legendary guitarist Slash, the artist and Garageworks Industries present the ‘REFNR’ sculpture. The sculpture is currently being presented at Art Basel Miami. A release and further information will follow.

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The MADE team already gave you a tour of the Wynwood Walls and Doors spaces from Miami. Along with Art Basel Miami, Wynwood Walls is also hosting an exhibition at one of their in-door spaces, featuring works by the very same artists that also contributed to the Walls and Doors project. The 2011 exhibition includes works by Shepard Fairey, Futura, Nunca, Neuzz, Ron English, Gaia, Retna, Jeff Soto, Sana, Invader, Logan Hicks, How & Nosm, Kenny Scharf, Martha Cooper and many others. Also the space is hosting a Wynwood Pop-Up store, including some nice little items and gifts that you can pick up.

Photography: MADE/Highsnobiety.com

The exhibition is still running for the rest of the week, so make sure to drop by if you are around. More pictures follow after the jump.

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The Hundreds have scored some really big collaborations as far as working with notable artists go. This time around, TH works with Ron English on a capsule collection consisting of 3 different graphics and 9 tees total. The 3 graphic tees, ‘Rabbit’, ‘Cowgirl’, and ‘Smiley’ will be available this week at all TH flagship locations. Also, for those in Southern California, English will be appearing at the TH Santa Monica location on Sunday, November 20 from 1-2pm to sign autographs.

Take a look at the collection after the jump.

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The Contemporary Fix from Tokyo will be opening its doors in Hong Kong soon. For the occasion they teamed up with Made by Monsters and artist Ron English on the ‘X-Ray’ version of the Charlie Grin toy. The toy features the classic Mickey Mouse dress up and a glow in the dark ‘X-Ray’ skull. These will be available in limited quantities at the opening on September 28th, 2011.

The Contemporary Fix Hong Kong
Basement
Chung King Mansions
36-44 Nathan Road
Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon
Hong Kong

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Zac Pac and artist Ron English team up to bring his iconic ‘Grin’ toy characteristics to the Bearbrick by Medicom. The 100% toy comes with a nice two sided graphic and releases this month.

Take a further look at it after the jump.

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This last week the South Park 15th Anniversary Art Exhibition at Opera Gallery New York, curated by Ron English, opened its doors. Ron English managed to get together quite an impressive list of artists, who have created works for this show specifically. Works by Travis Louie, Colin Christian, Sas Christian, Beau Stanton, Kid Zoom, Dave White, KaNo, Kathie Olivas, Clark Fox, Greg Craola Simkins, Mark Dean Veca, Lindsey Way, Naoto Hattori and Tristan Eaton are part of the show, of course next to English’s own work.

OPERA GALLERY NEW YORK
115, Spring Street
NEW YORK NY 10012 – USA
Tel (1) (212) 966 66 75

The show is open until April 10th.

Photos by Scott Beale.

Take a full look at the exhibition after the jump.

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Today the cover of Chris Brown’s upcoming “F.A.M.E.” album has been revealed. The news had already been out that pop artist Ron English was enlisted on working on the cover and today we can finally show it to you. The cover comes in 100% English style, featuring a portrait of Chris Brown dropping into the name of the cover, all of course with lots of color.

Check out the full cover of the album in more detail after the jump.

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French porcelain art brand K.Olin has announced their latest collaboration today. Next up in their series of porcelain sculptures is a piece with Ron English. They present the McSupersized Porcelain Edition. The sculpture will be released Wednesday, March 30th at artandtoys.com. We will keep you posted.

Another look follows after the jump.

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After already having worked with Absolut in Italy on a mural project, the US artist has now gotten together again with the Swedish brand to work on a limited edition bottle. Covered in the “Mostrum” graphic by the artist, the limited edition Ron English Absolute Vodka bottle will hit Italian retailers soon.

Take a further look at it after the jump.

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From Ron English’s feature painting “The Incredculous HulkBoy” at the “Status Factory” L.A. exhibition, Garageworks Industries is getting ready to release the HulkBoy sculpture in an edition of 10. These handcrafted sculptures are made from high density fiberglass, and are standing 1:1 scale (22″) in height. Each sculpture is signed and numbered by Ron English. You can pre-order yours now here.

Take a further look at the Ron English Hulkboy Sculpture after the jump.

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As you may or may not have read by now (see our feature), we linked up with Made by Monsters on a Highsnobiety exclusive Gold Edition of their Ron English ‘Grin’ figure. The toy will be available to order on January 12, 2011 and goes for $98 USD. These are super limited, so don’t miss out. To order send a request to: info@garageworksindustries.com.

Read the full feature interview and behind the scenes of the making of the toy  here.

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Music: Glitch Mob “Starve the Ego, Feed the Soul”

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The new Ron English exhibition opened its doors last night at the OCC Frank Doyle Arts Pavillion in Costa Mesa. The artist showcased many paintings and sculptures, with the large scale pieces once again being the most impressive eye catchers.

“The Orange Coast College Frank M. Doyle Arts Pavilion in collaboration with Opera Gallery and Hurley presents Status Factory, a surreal assemblage of over 100 artworks by Ron English. This highly interactive exhibition traces the arc of English’s most ambitious themes across mediums.”

Photography: UX Entertainment for Highsnobiety.com / Brendan Shigeta.

Many more images from the exhibition follow after the jump.

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Ron English just finished a beautiful large scale mural in the Miami Wynwood district. The mural features some of his most popular characters. Furthermore he completes the work with a couple of sculptures and creates an entire world by including the floor into the mural.

Check out more images of the mural here.

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Celebrating the launch of Ron English’s 2010 solo show Status Factory in NYC, Made by Monsters are set to release a 4″ vinyl “Smiley Grin” Piggy bank at a retail price of $39.95USD. A limited batch will be sold during NYCC at the Toy Tokyo booth and of course at Status Factory from October 8-10th.

Take another look at the piggy bank after the jump.

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Made by Monsters presents the next chapter of their collaboration with pop artist Ron English on the “Telegrinnies”. In the Series 2, they present an update to the figure in terms of design and of course also two new colorways. Limited to only 150 sets, 100 will go to retailers and only 50 sets will be sold through Garageworks Industries online store, starting September 24th.

Take another look at the toys after the jump.

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