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June 12, 2005 9:33 PM   Subscribe

Billboards by Ron English.
posted by jikel_morten (17 comments total)
 
Sweet!! We need more anti-propagandists forcing their art down our throats!
I swallow willingly!
posted by Balisong at 9:40 PM on June 12, 2005


Nice little set. Thanks.
posted by squirrel at 10:09 PM on June 12, 2005


Wow. I wish I had more art skillz.
posted by buzzman at 10:53 PM on June 12, 2005


So... this one is about how he hates America, yes?
posted by jonson at 11:12 PM on June 12, 2005


Laughter is an excellent weapon of mass enlightenment.
posted by homodigitalis at 11:17 PM on June 12, 2005


I see some bitterness in all of his stuff, but I can't view a giant editorial cartoon as being hateful of America. I mean, look at the countries that would simply kill or long term jail time this guy. He knows that too.
I like what he has done with cigarettes and fast food...finally, some truth in advertising.
posted by buzzman at 11:26 PM on June 12, 2005


*enter dios-TDDL-S@L-PP-etc to say why this person should (if not be put in jail) cease immediately because he is destroying the image of dear leaders. (R.J.Reynolds included)
posted by Balisong at 12:14 AM on June 13, 2005


"Some Freds are gonna roll"? I didn't understand that one.
posted by alumshubby at 3:50 AM on June 13, 2005


That documentary came through town last year. Before he started doing the billboards, even before the pop cartoon stuff, he was a photographer doing elaborate staged scenes that screwed with your sense of perspective and reality. Pretty cool stuff. Great doc.
posted by intermod at 4:08 AM on June 13, 2005


He's not very clever. Maybe he can get a partner with some better ideas.
posted by acetonic at 4:39 AM on June 13, 2005


meh, and that's from someone who agrees with most of the (banal) sentiments. I didn't really understand the OJ one.
posted by OmieWise at 6:00 AM on June 13, 2005


[AUDIO IN SECOND LINK]

TIA for the warning. Not that I have a job at which I need to behave responsibly, or anything, but my speakers were on. And really, really loud.
posted by jenovus at 8:22 AM on June 13, 2005


"Some Freds are gonna roll"? I didn't understand that one.

He's got a Surgeon General smoking warning on it, and a few of his other billboards show dinosaurs and cavemen smoking, so it must be some kind of anti-tobacco thing. Smokers are cavemen, and they're gonna ... uh ... "roll." Meaning die? Roll cigarettes? But the picture just shows them rolling downhill.

I give up.
posted by pterodactyler at 9:33 AM on June 13, 2005


Intelligent design!
posted by brain_drain at 9:44 AM on June 13, 2005


*enter dios-TDDL-S@L-PP-etc to say why this person should (if not be put in jail) cease immediately because he is destroying the image of dear leaders.

LOL

Stop? He should keep going... it isn't the image of "dear leaders" he is destroying...
posted by Steve_at_Linnwood at 10:14 AM on June 13, 2005


[AUDIO IN SECOND LINK]

TIA for the warning. Not that I have a job at which I need to behave responsibly, or anything, but my speakers were on. And really, really loud.
posted by jenovus at 8:22 AM PST on June 13 [!]


Sorry all...I must have had mute on.
posted by jikel_morten at 11:47 AM on June 13, 2005


We just did a joint 'improvement' with Ron a few weeks ago. He stopped by SF for an opening of his work at the Varnish Gallery. Good guy, every time he comes out West we find something fun to do together.
posted by MiltonRandKalman at 1:50 PM on June 13, 2005


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