Ron English (born 1966) is a American contemporary artist who explores popular pop culture and branding. His signature style employs a mash-up of high and low cultural touchstones, including comic mythology and bits of art history, to create a visual language of evolution. He has created illegal murals and billboards that blend stunning visuals with biting political, consumerist and surrealist statements, hijacking public space worldwide for the sake of art since the 1980s. Frequent targets of his work include Joe Camel, McDonald's, and Mickey Mouse. Ron English can be considered the "celebrated prankster father of dollar-pop", who wrangles carefully created corporate icons so that they are turned upside down, and are used against the very corporation they are meant to represent.
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